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[brisance]

I throw puppy love right at her in loopy yo-yos, puppy drool, joy, and big-pawed puppy clabber, ear perks, eye contact, most of all the potent weapon of all puppies, the head cock and puppy grin.

-Almost Soup, cheating death in "Almost Soup" by Louise Erdrich, Reckonings, p.236

I've been reading baby development stuff, and they talk about babies

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[hivedweller]

<3

[wolodymyr]

Oh, god.

Thanks for this.

[anonymous]

Babies can rely on odor and other cues to ensure parental affection. Puppies don't have those advantages, so they've learned other ways to become irresistible. (e.g.: http://www.dailypuppy.com/puppies/mika-the-old-english-sheepdog_2011-01-13)

[brisance]

Babies also have anticipatory smiles at this stage - they start to predict, based on patterns, that something they want or need or like is coming soon.