 |
| Yes, we really do bathe you in the kitchen sink, Kewpie. |
It's Mom.
We've just been for our weekly walk with Monica and your best friend, Amber. You slept with your hands behind your head, like you were chilling on the beach - and one foot up in the air.
You do funny things like this all the time, and so here I am, motivated by some exercise, some hydration and a nice morning of fun writing for a favourite client, about to list some of your weirder weirdnesses...
1. You often sleep with your eyes open. Not slightly open. OPEN. Dad doesn't like it at all, and I understand why, because you look slightly possessed and more-than-slightly dead. Your eyes also wander off to opposite sides of your head, like a drunken fish. Oy. But I googled it and apparently it's normal and should stop by the time you're 18 months or so.
2. You arch your spine and lean back frantically when very happy or very cross. I usually try to cheer you up, if it's a cross arch, by yelling 'BUNGEEEE!', which makes you laugh. (I googled this one too and they say it's an age-appropriate way of expressing frustration.)
3. You are afraid of people wearing motorcycle helmets. We only discovered this on holiday and, at the time, wrote it off to grumpiness on the day. But I discussed it with my psychiatrist, the Remarkable Rykie, and she reckons you're carrying some anxiety from the robbery. Our friends the armed robbers wore dark masks (okay, beanies with holes cut out for the eyes and mouth) and it's possible that you'll always be fearful of people with covered faces.
This last one makes me enormously sad. But the other two are not serious and quite cute, so that's something.
May you always know that we love you - weirdnesses and foibles and idiosyncrasies included.
Love you.
Mom x
No comments:
Post a Comment