Great progress today. And on two points.
One because she actually drank grape juice from a regular cup! We were at great aunt Karen’s for dinner and since it’s so close to home I only took some food for Ella and no bottle. After she ate I took a plastic cup with some grape juice and tried to get her to drink. As usual she turned sideways and locked her lips as soon as she figured out I was trying to get her to take a sip. So I took some juice on my finger and splashed it on her lips. Okay she got the idea. Then I sipped the juice myself out of the cup right in front of her. She got that idea as well and then took a sip by herself. After that she was enthusiastically trying to grab the cup and she sipped! The second point here is that she learned by copying my example. I think that proves a good ability to learn by imitation. We’ve been trying all week to get her to take the sippy cup with very little success so this was great. Otherwise she was in a good mood today and played with all her cousins and Gaul of course. One of her favorite games is passing the beach ball with Yardaena and Ayellet although her “pass” is more like an accidental push than anything else.