2-year-old daughter: "Did you see that?" She says this a lot.
5-year-old daughter: "I don't like the taste of milk. It tastes like rubber bands."
2-year-old: "No way." (She doesn't say "no." It's always "no way.")
5-year-old: (Emphasized with dramatic head and arm movements) "Shots are NO fun. No fun at all."
My sixth-month-old has this new cry that is hard to describe. It's like a mix between growling and choking. It's his "I've-had-enough!" cry.
19 May 2010
02 May 2010
Comparisons
My children have a lot in common. They've got the same noses, eye shape, & happy dispositions. As babies, they all learned to do things at about the same age (sitting at 6 months, crawling at 7, stepping at 10, etc...).
I read a very good book called Siblings Without Rivalry. It discouraged comparing children to their siblings. However, I can't help but wonder as I analyze the many differences among my children: Will their baby/toddler personality traits stay with them as they grow?
For example, will my left-handed child become President of the United States (or president of something)? Will she be assertive because she was my only child who always grabbed the baby spoon at feeding time? Does the fact that she is a furniture-climber mean she will be brave? She found peek-a-boo to be boring until she was old enough to be the peek-a-booer. And she makes some of the funniest faces I've ever seen. Will she make people laugh?
I wonder if my son will be a kind man: he is such a happy, friendly baby. Will his dimple-in-the-cheek smile (which melts my heart) melt the hearts of the girls in his school class? Will it be easy for him to laugh, will he be patient, understanding?
Will my social child make friends easily? Will she be as brilliant an adult as she was a toddler? As a baby, she loved to be caressed. Will she show affection for the people she loves? Will her terrific ability to remember details follow her? I wonder if she will always be a cat lover. Will she be an artist? A scholar? A mother (she is an amazing big sister)?
I am fascinated at how one baby could loves baths more than anything while another could hate them more than anything.
I think God must enjoy His children, so different in so many ways, yet all His.
I read a very good book called Siblings Without Rivalry. It discouraged comparing children to their siblings. However, I can't help but wonder as I analyze the many differences among my children: Will their baby/toddler personality traits stay with them as they grow?
For example, will my left-handed child become President of the United States (or president of something)? Will she be assertive because she was my only child who always grabbed the baby spoon at feeding time? Does the fact that she is a furniture-climber mean she will be brave? She found peek-a-boo to be boring until she was old enough to be the peek-a-booer. And she makes some of the funniest faces I've ever seen. Will she make people laugh?
I wonder if my son will be a kind man: he is such a happy, friendly baby. Will his dimple-in-the-cheek smile (which melts my heart) melt the hearts of the girls in his school class? Will it be easy for him to laugh, will he be patient, understanding?
Will my social child make friends easily? Will she be as brilliant an adult as she was a toddler? As a baby, she loved to be caressed. Will she show affection for the people she loves? Will her terrific ability to remember details follow her? I wonder if she will always be a cat lover. Will she be an artist? A scholar? A mother (she is an amazing big sister)?
I am fascinated at how one baby could loves baths more than anything while another could hate them more than anything.
I think God must enjoy His children, so different in so many ways, yet all His.
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