Teefers be ware, they are a comin'...or are they, or there're not, or who really knows but oh my we have a cranky baby on our hands! Yikes.
No sleep, eating everything in sight that she can fit her mouth on only to scream like a crazy two second later because it feels so good it hurts!!!! aghhhh! (thank goodness I have all my teeth, can you imagine ME having to cut teeth, watch out - my mom would understand this statement)
Little is actually playing right now (praise God! because it's been a screaming fest for a few days poor baby and momma's been solo most nights so double aghhhh), in the daycare room, me next to her on the computer. She's been at play for about 25 minutes, checking in every 5 minutes or so just to make sure it's all good. I'm proud of her ability to play...what a funny thing some would say to say, that she can play.
I do, I find it remarkable that she can stay engaged in an activity at such a young age and enjoy learning and exploring. I can sit and watch her forever and I fully look forward to when this play also is accompanied by words, oh the amazing things she will say!
There are times where she is "working" and I want to butt in but I don't. She doesn't need me and I'm thankful that I can realize that my butting in is just really a disrespectful interruption of her "work." So I step back, and I watch, and I wait, until I'm invited into the play.
This post was actually started because I was reading my most FAVORITE-est blog EVER and the way that these women empower their children makes me want to do the same for my own. I was reading their dialog with their children and thought, "Oh my, these women talk just like I do!?!?!?" I don't often find people who hold the same philosophy when it comes to children and the crazy side of me was like I need to email this lady and let her know that I know what she's talking about (e-mail pending!). Where are more of these people? I must find them!
All in all, sitting, enjoying the sound of play makes me feel happy and takes some of life's stress away, at least for the moment.
To my children: play on...play on.
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