Growing up fast…but that’s the point, isn’t it?
Posted on August 18, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized
There’s exciting news to report regarding Maggie. She is quickly developing in a number of ways. First, she’s is becoming more and more able to sit. She can’t do it alone yet, but with some assistance, she is coming along quite nicely. This is especially true in the bathtub. Next, her latest bout with fussiness seems to be on it’s way out. She seems to be consistently in a much better mood than just a few weeks ago. Also, she is getting closer and closer to getting a good crawl down. Right now, she can definately move but it’s kind of a frustrated low crawl (for all you Army types out there). I guess, when you think about it, there really are three things required for a baby to crawl: 1. holding herself up using her arms; 2. holding herself up using her knees; and 3. basic locomotion. She has all three of these skills firmly in place but hasn’t yet learned to combine them into a single activity. It’s coming, though, very soon I’m afraid. Lastly, and this is especially cool for me, she is becoming much interactive. I have actually played with her by putting one of her hands entirely in my mouth and waiting for her to pull it out; then she puts her hand back so that I can put it in my mouth again. She also will take her pacifier out of Mama or Papa’s mouth (we hold onto it that way because she tends to drop it on the floor) and put it into her own.
Anyway, these times are making having her around much more fun. I think fathers have a harder time when babies aren’t able to interact a whole lot. I’m not sure why this is but it seems like mothers find it much easier to provide the basic care of a completely helpless infant. How many of us have the image of a confused looking father holding an inconsolable child easily accessible in our minds? Mothers, on the other hand, are thought of as capable of walking into a ’screaming baby situation’ and confidently take over. This is obviously a terrible stereotype; there are fathers out there who love their newborns being newly born and can provide for every need, even those expressed only with desperate cries, with seeming ease. Likewise, there are mothers who don’t have the first idea of how to care for a baby, much less one who is incurably fussy. That said, I still stand by what I said and it’s part of why I find myself in a perpetual state of awe over Erin’s natural ability to mother Maggie. Every day, my appreciation for her efforts grows. The challenge for me is to find ways to express that gratitude. Any ideas?
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moms are different,they seem to go with the flow. yes, daddy is tying tolearn the baby route. moms still are learning even when they are older. oh well, that is life, by the way no suggestions instints.
erin is a wonderful mother and a very loving wife iam so thankful to have her in our family that you found someone that fits right in and that she has the patience to put up with me jason iknow you tell her how much you love her just hold her close and tell her how much she means to you every day and you are thankful that sshe is maggies mother treasure every moment you have with your wonderful family and know that even though we are apart in miles we will never be apart because you erin and maggie will always be in our hearts we love you
Wait…I know…Carrabba’s!
Food! I should have guessed. We’ll go…and it’ll be on the list of possibles on the big trip. In fact, why don’t you see if there are any along the way?