He can laugh!
Last night during his bath time our son started to laugh. As minor an even as it sounds, it was absolutely incredible. I was frozen in awe. My wife heard it a few days prior, but this was my firs exposure. Until then, my son’s repertoire of happy sounds was rich with coos, gurgles and shrieks, but featured no distinct laughs. He came close several times, but no cigar despite how many stupid faces and noises I made.
I wasn’t really expecting it when it happened, but something about how his foot slipped down the end of the tub triggered a cluster of the cutest, most genuine laughs I’ve ever heard. Maybe the slippery surface of the big blue tub tickled his feet, or maybe it coincided with a funny face I was making, but the result was awesome.
I honestly didn’t think I would be that amazed by his laugh, but I was stricken. I didn’t think as a parent I would find every little advancement so incredible, but every day when he learns something new I am freshly in awe. I only wish I could have caught it on video camera to share with the rest of my family, or to set his cherubic giggle as my mobile ring tone.
I’m with you (and of course, our babies are about the same age). I didn’t think I’ll be like that. I didn’t think I’d care about milestones and about that whole “Look! He’s looking at me not just because he happens to look this way but because he actually decides to look at me!” And then, when he laughed for the first time, I couldn’t believe it. I had to wait for the second time, just to be sure I wasn’t imagining it.
Don’t be hard on yourself just because I made my son laugh earlier, though. I’m very funny with a zipper.
Our daughter has been cracking up pretty frequently recently. Like you say, it is just amazing about how everything else goes away while you listen to it.
Our 5-month old recently gifted us his first laughter. I was playing with him and lifted him up to make his nose touch mine and then he broke into what sounded like a thousand sweet wind-chimes tinkling in harmony. Now whenever I want a repeat performance of the wind-chimes, I know what to do.