The Bauer Confidential

Just a quick story about Jocelyn’s growing stranger anxiety.  We were in the car yesterday, driving to the new Berkeley Bowl West supermarket to check it out and do some shopping.  Stopped at a red light, I hear Jocelyn, who’d been happily babbling away, start that wind up whine babies do when they’re about to begin wailing.  Since the light was going to be red for a bit yet, I turned around to give her a reassuring pat and assess if something was amiss.  I noticed that she was staring out the window at a neighboring vehicle.  The man in the driver’s seat was smiling in a very friendly manner at Jocelyn.   I couldn’t keep from chuckling.  Once we were moving and he was out of sight she seemed to be happy once again.  Who knew a well meaning smile could elicit such a response.

She also has a new and interesting habit.   When playing she likes to prop herself up on her side.  To keep her balance she puts her feet in rather strange positions, crossing them at the ankles and other odd poses.  She’ll keep her feet up in the air for several minutes at a time.  It makes me think of the way break dancers freeze at the end of their spin moves.  Since she rolls around changing sides frequently she seems like our own break-dancing baby.