Dear Little Man,
How can you be four months old already? Our time together at home just you and I has come to an end and you recently started going to daycare (or “school” as mommy calls it so she feels better about sending you every day). It’s been an easy adjustment for you, but a hard one for me. I miss you something terrible when I’m not around you but I know that allowing you to make new friends and learn all you can at school is very important. As you are getting older I’m starting to see your personality coming out with how you act in different situations and experiences.
You are a stubborn little man, a trait that I know will come in handy someday. You don’t give up on something until you get what you want. Case in point, you are a finger sucker, any finger will do, multiple fingers will do, just so long as something is in your mouth. When you first started sucking your fingers you had a hard time getting them into your mouth and would end up scratching your little nose in the process. Those little scratches, while I’m sure were painful, didn’t stop you from continuing to work on getting what you wanted, your finger in your mouth. Now, a few weeks later, a few healed scratches later, and a regular nail trimming schedule put in place, you have mastered your finger sucking skills.
You like to push things to the extreme; I view it as more like learning your limits, I guess. Something that again, will be a great trait to have as an adult…maybe not so much when you are a toddler, but we’ll chat about that when you get older. How do I know you like to push your limits? Well, you don’t settle for just one finger in your mouth at a time or even two fingers in your mouth…you like to try to fit as many fingers from both hands at the same time in your mouth. Your daddy and I now play a game at night called “Guess how many fingers Andrew has in his mouth.” It’s a game we are terrible at because you continue to change your strategy and stretch the capacity of your little mouth.
You love to laugh and are a very happy little man. Your teachers already talk about how happy you are and how much you laugh during the day. Your little giggles are very contagious and they make me and daddy laugh right along with you when you are in one of your little laughing fits. Anything will really make you laugh but silly songs are a true winner in your book as a way to crack you up. You have a few different laughs, at least three, which I can tell from already. One is your common every day laugh, its normally just one or two little giggles that you tend to give when I make you smile and say “hi”. Your second laugh is a bit deeper in tone and it is the precursor to your fast paced giggle. Once we hear this laugh we know the laughing fit is about to start. Your third laugh is my favorite and it is a high pitch, fast paced laugh that includes the occasional snort here and there. When you get going on this laugh I have a hard time stopping myself from laughing along with you (or at you, in truth).
Lastly, you love to talk. You started chatting early, at about 6 weeks, and you haven’t been quiet since! We talk about your dreams at night, how school went that day, how much you are loved, really anything under the sun you will talk about. You get this trait from your daddy. He loves to talk and so do you. You get so proud of yourself when you make a new sound and then you proceed to continue to make that sound over and over again for a good hour all while laughing in-between making that sound and taking a breath. I can’t wait to hear your little voice when you actually say words beyond the little squeals and squawks.
Life is already going by so fast but I just wanted to take a moment to stop and think about all the little things I’m seeing you do right now. I can’t wait to see what next month will bring you!
Love,
Mommy
