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Nymphadora Ponds ([personal profile] alt_nymphadora) wrote2011-07-21 12:36 pm

Milestones

This week Bea's begun smiling back at us when we make faces at her. I suppose this means she's able to see more clearly, and maybe it means she recognises us and likes it.

Is that a step towards thinking of someone besides herself? No sign of that yet. Least not in the middle of the night!

But. The really big, lovely surprise this week was when I went to feed her last evening: she looked straight at me and turned her hair purple! My very favourite shade.

I think we'll keep her.
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[personal profile] alt_crouch_jr 2011-07-21 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful. Another clumsy metamorphmagus.

She has your snout.

Her father must be so proud.
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[personal profile] alt_molly 2011-07-21 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Never mind him, dear. She looks absolutely wonderful.

Really! What an awful thing to say to a new mother! Horrible man!

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[personal profile] alt_sirius 2011-07-21 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure he can. It's mainly to do with keeping boys well away from her, though, and not exactly repeatable in what your aunt would call 'polite company.'

Horrid wench. As if she'd ever get up in the middle of the night for her kid's feedings.
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[personal profile] alt_lupin 2011-07-21 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Bloody right he is, you sanctimonious git.
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[personal profile] alt_poppy 2011-07-21 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
She's just on schedule, then. She's what, six weeks or thereabouts?
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[personal profile] alt_poppy 2011-07-21 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, and the metamorphing is part and parcel with the smile: both are social behaviours, imitating and responding or replying to what she sees.

I think you'll see quite a flourishing of her personality in the days to come.

I doubt, however, that she'll be any less demanding. Sorry to disappoint!
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[personal profile] alt_narcissa 2011-07-21 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Thinking of anyone else is quite a long way off, dear, if you're expecting she'll have any awareness beyond her immediate needs anytime soon.

Really it's quite extraordinary that her magic should manifest so early and in such a unique fashion. One hopes that she will learn restraint with her abilities just as much as any normal child learns how to behave in polite company.