Peacock

When we came back from Ohio, we took a toy with us from my mom's house. She isn't expecting any new grandchildren anytime soon, and Lily will have outgrown it by the time we are back in Ohio. So...we brought it with us to Philly.

It's a Fisher Price Noah's Arc that my mom got from a consignment shop back when Andrew was a baby. It has 2 of each animal...in theory. I think there are 3 alligators and only one lonely zebra in this set...but you get the idea.

Lily loves this thing. She loves pulling each animal out and putting animals back in. She likes to hold the animals, suck and chew them, and roll over them (ouch!). We started noticing that she was often chewing on the male peacock. It is the most colorful of the animals, and the fan of feathers makes a great chew toy.

Now we realize that Mr. Peacock is a full on obsession. She will play with the other animals...once she has found Mr. Peacock. I have hidden him deep down in the arc under the other animals...and she will methodically pull out all the animals and discard them immediately until she locates Mr. Peacock. Then she will happily play with him and forget any other animals left in the arc or discarded to the side.

Today, I hid Mr. Peacock in a clear bin. Lily took all the animals out of the arc...no Mr. Peacock! She then spied him in the bin...and flung herself towards the bin. She emptied it and had a lovely reunion.

How exactly does a 9 month old learn this type of obsession. Oh, wait. Lily's had lots of experience with obsession...Mr. Andrew is still her #1 guy. I see boy band concerts in my future...