Over the past week I’ve noticed some very interesting things that not many of us even spot. Many times it is simply overlooked but this past week I took the time to notice and was very much amazed.

First off, my son turned 1 year old in March and hasn’t came into any contact with a child his age or younger. It was interesting to see his take on another child, his own age but female. She was a bit more of a bully then he is, he’s more of the fourth child and acts his part. You know the one that has all the older siblings give him things so he never even asks.

This little girl wanted his new elmo toy he’d just got in the mail that day. He didn’t know how to say no or even ask for it back. Course she definitely did. She demanded the toy and later when she had a ball and he tried playing turns (as we call it when we bounce it back and forth) she screamed “NO!” He stood in shock and wanted back in his stroller. I guess this is his comfort when things don’t go his way. Anytime he sees her he shys away now. Poor guy.

However, he seems to be able to get along fine with another child that was in the area this week. There was a little boy that was deaf and no one else was playing much with, however he took a liking to the boy and the two got along great playing cars and following each other. Neither one spoke, but there was so much understanding between the two. I think many of us adults forget that words don’t always have to be spoken, I know many moms stress when their children aren’t saying words by a certain age. This proved more that actions really do speak louder than words.

It’s amazing as you look down at your infant, who was once so small and totally dependant on you to get around. It would take months before he’d learn to roll over and even longer to crawl but now that he’s doing it he’s into everything and of course trying to tackle that next hurdle of growing up.

But it hit me today on how much he’s learned and how much he does by experimenting. We’ve been sitting in our playroom for over an hour now and he’s having a ball. Yes, he has a play area upstairs but not as many toys are up there. Down in this room it is wall to wall in kids items, you’ve got board books, an animal bag, baby blankets, soft toys, blocks, stuffed animals and more in one room. There is a smaller room off to the side that has the “older toys” in it, this way the older siblings can play in there without Little A trying to eat everything.
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