Her hands and fingers quiver and flex in excited anticipation as she prepares to touch surfaces that give her particular pleasure, such as patting the family pets. Her character shows her to be an increasingly mischievious and fun-loving baby who delights in play whether alone or with the adults around her. Jasmine watches older babies and toddlers with interest, but makes little response to those younger than herself.
Jasmine has discovered the pleasure of dropping things from her high chair, looking to see where they land. She now has four teeth, which she occasionally grinds together. These appeared with relatively little suffering. She blows kisses to close family members, and continues to increase her ability and agility in getting to her feet and moving from object to object around the room.
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