Who says the younger generation isn’t paying attention . .
.?
My good friend, Jen, was having one of her ‘normal’ days.
Housework.
Kids in school.
Kids at home.
She came upstairs from the laundry room.
To hear someone in the front room.
Talking.
Now you have to know that Toddler Girl wasn’t yet making real
words.
And the baby was rosily asleep in his crib.
Who could possibly be talking?
She dashed around the corner of the front room and skidded
to a stop.
Huh.
Toddler Girl had a baby doll wrapped up and tucked into the
crook of one arm.
In her free hand, she held a toy telephone.
She was walking back and forth across the room bouncing her doll
up and down in the approved ‘pacifying-the-baby’ manoeuver.
But it was what she was doing with the phone that really
caught Jen’s attention.
She held it to her ear, babbled animatedly for a few seconds
(with no recognizable words) and threw her head back and laughed out loud.
Then, as Jen watched, she repeated the whole exercise. Walk
about jiggling the baby. Talk animatedly. Laugh uproariously.
Hmmm . . . I wonder where she picked that up?
They are watching.
And taking note.
I guess talking enthusiastically and laughing while taking care
of the baby is a good thing for them to see.
And emulate.
Unlike my kids who caught me eating peanut butter out of the
jar.
With a spoon.
And forever after . . .
Well. Enough said.
