Twilli is developing rapidly and learning new things each day. It’s an amazing progression to experience.

Her newest trick is some cooperation on the changing table. If she’s in good spirits, she mitigates her fidgeting so I can easily undress her. Then she grabs her feet. This gives me easy access to the areas I need to address with wipes. Just as I unfasten the diaper, I always ask her, “Crapital One! What’s in Your Diaper?”

After wiping her clean, position the new diaper underneath. As soon as I pull the front flap up to her bellybutton, she throws her legs down straight.

She’s done this almost every time I’ve changed her diaper for the past week or so. I wanted to observe some more just to be sure it wasn’t just coincidental fidgeting. She’s not just fidgeting. She’s learning how to cooperate!

Can a child as young as 4 months learn conditioned responses like this? I’m sure it’s possible. Every situation and child is different. What developmental leaps have you noticed in your infants past and present?

Twilli decided to put on a nice outfit for daddy on his birthday. I captured the image above with my Nikon D80 and Sb800 flash unit.

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