Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Happy Foot/Angry Foot

Can you guess Sadie's mood? If you guessed "happy, with a touch of ennui," you're right!

One nice thing about Sadie is she tells you how she's feeling. Yes, there's the screaming (screams of anger, screams of joy) but any novice babysitter could pick up on that. No, at a very early age, Sadie developped a subtle way of letting us know her mood just by using her right foot.

Seen here, Sadie is extending her foot up and out, letting us know she's happy with her current situation (eating). If she were to slam that same foot down on her changing table, we would know she's angry. The more she does either movement, the happier/angrier she is. Kind of like how you can tell the temperature by how often a cricket chirps.

The other foot? I prefer to think of that as the "foot of wisdom."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dee Dee says: This has left no doubt that it's Sadie's right side (left brain) that is dominant - unlike Soen who seems to constantly show equal aptitude with both sides - with both strong agressive movements and small hand/eye coordination - AND
little if any discernible subtly.

This of course proves once again the superior abilities of the female mind. One does not need to hit the male over the head to communicate. Kudos to this male for being able to "get it." He must have been trained well by a superior female......

Anonymous said...

Dee Dee's post script: Of course, I need to add the obvious: this shows her (innate) ability to multi task - a strictly female trait.

Scott said...

In your subtlety I almost missed your point.