Sampling

Now that Tristan is 11 months old I am remembering something that Petra did at that age.  She was sitting on Vanda's kitchen floor, and she could not walk yet.  Before her on the floor was a bottle of milk, and two pacifiers.  She began to sample each one, this wordless babe.  She would take a sip of the milk, tilt it and drink,  then put it down.  Then she would pick up a pacifier and suck on it for a few seconds and drop it.  Then she picked up the third pacifier and sucked on that for a few seconds.  She kept rotating the items, trying each one for a few seconds. We all looked on, amused.