My Little Automaton

Our little girl seems to have all the qualities of a child's toy. She's just like an animated Betsy-Wetsy doll. When placed on her back she kicks her legs and moves her arms much like a turtle when placed on it's back. However, she also looks just like a battery operated crawling baby doll that has been placed on it's back. Futilely moving her appendages with no hope of ever turning herself over.

Waking her up is also fun. When laying flat on her back her eyes remain tightly shut. However, if you pull on her arms to raise her to a sitting position as she gets closer to vertical her eyes will open wider and wider. If you lay her back down the eyes go back to closed. It really is incredible. I did this for about 10 minutes the other morning. Baby Goes Up. Eyes Open. Baby Goes Down. Eyes Closed. Fascinating.

And of course the most obvious of similarities. We put liquids in one end and fairly quickly they come out the other end.