.‘Through waving she's recognising she's separate from you and developing her own identity while at the same time keeping in touch.'Your baby will discover other attention-grabbing behaviour too, such as repeatedly dropping her favourite teddy. ‘Babies are very

She drops her spoon on the floor. You pick it up, and then she drops it again. And again. But why does she do it?‘Because repetition helps her brain,' says Dr Debra Berkerian, chartered psychologist.By seeing the way you react when she does