Saturday, May 23, 2015

Brotherly empathy

Eddie was sitting at his little red table while Vincent started pulling up on the table leg. Suddenly, Vincent flung an arm out dramatically, leaned his head way back, slowly toppled over, and started crying. Eddie looked down and observed this, then looked up at me. "I didn't do anything to him," he reported.

Meanwhile, it seems like Vincent's first word might be "Eddie." He's made pretty clear "Eh-dee" sounds several times now (sometimes while drooling on one of Eddie's things.) Papa has mixed feelings about this.

2 comments:

  1. Poor papa! Poor mamma!
    But yeah, Eddie! "I didn't do anything to him" is going to represent an important percentage of your communication for years!

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  2. Well, maybe papa should fling his arm out dramatically, lean his head way back, slowly topple over, and start crying. That way of expressing existential angst apparently runs in the family, if V has picked it up already. That's how I handle it, and it works for me.

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