Can we talk seriously for just a minute about how much I love my kid? Today was playgroup- and I think it went the best so far. Now, this is the “non-structured” playgroup- the one where you go and sing a little bit and then the mommies chat while the babies play. Today Camper made friends with a couple of twins, one of which SCREAMED in his face… and Camper laughed! You HAVE to know my child to see the importance of this big brave boy moment. He is easily startled. He has ALWAYS been easily startled.
I remember putting him on his changing table when he was new and scaring the crap out of him by accident. I’d get a diaper out of the drawer and push it closed with my knee. When the drawer hit Camper would slam his arms and legs to the side as if he was going to hold on for dear life because OH MY CRAP WAS I BORN IN CALIFORNIA and IS THIS THE BIG ONE??? And I learned to shut the drawer easily for my baby boy. He still gets easily startled by loud, unexpected noises. He is very sensitive and I think actually just gets sad sometimes throughout the day. He’ll be pushing his truck and it will flip over, or the puppy he tried to put on the back will fall off, and he’ll just hang his head and look for me. This is one reason why I’ve been so into babywearing and more loosely…just staying at home with him. Because the more secure he feels the more adventuresome he gets. As evidenced by Music Together and smiling at the screamy toddler today. They were PLAYING together and having fun, and what would usually make him dissolve into tears actually made him smile.
One mommy at the playgroup today showed me how to use my MayaWrap better. I asked her because I was having problems with tightening it once Camper was on my hip. She SUPER helped me, turns out I didn’t have the pad on my actual shoulder causing the rings to move down when they needed to stay up. Another mommy looked down at Camper and said, “Oh my, you are perfect.” She said it in kind of a quiet, hushed way that made me look at my child to see what she was seeing. He was just doing his normal thing, being perfect. Camper also waved continuously during the “Hello” and “Goodbye” songs, and when they were singing to him he put his hands on his chest and beamed at everyone. When he was ready to go today he crawled onto my lap and waved goodbye to everyone. He still loves to go lay down next to other babies and say, “Ooohh!”
I invited the mommy of the twins to come over and play sometime.
And in addition to all of THAT!
Today will most likely be John’s last day of work in NY, as he got a new job, paperwork pending. It’s less money, but half the travel time. Which maybe evens out? Or maybe I can just be happy in SEEING my husband sometimes? I love that guy, so much.
I got a million answers about the climber/slide thing! Thanks so much for all your input!
I’ve gotten 3 more calls about piano lessons! If this keeps up, and if we can work out John’s schedule, I might be able to do THAT instead of the whole Target thing, or even just do both. If I’ve told you that we can find another day to set up lessons, I think I’m going to be opening up (hopefully) Thursdays soon, if not another day. Just hold tight for another week and we’ll get it sorted out!
I just FEEL happy today. It might be the crisp air, maybe the pending b-day party this weekend (Camper turns 1!!) or maybe it’s that I’ve just decided that I’m happy.
But it’s a good day so far.
