The story about Kaitlin and her gift Friday reminded me of when she was a baby. I was working 10 hours a week so had a babysitter for a few hours a day. One day when Kaitlin got home she looked unhappy so I looked down at her in my arms and said “Did you have a rough day?” She furrowed her brow and told me. Not in words, she couldn’t talk yet, but from the expression on her face and the sounds she made it was clear she was answering me.
After a couple of minutes she stopped and waited for my response, so I said, “Oh! Tell me more.” So she told me again. It happened that Andy was home and was coming out of the bathroom, so I looked at him and said, “Tell Father about it.” She looked at him and told her story a third time. When she finished she went to sleep in my arms.
We don’t always need words to communicate.
February 4, 2023
oh Kaitlin, you Mother is bringing up some memories of you – and sharing them with us, her readers from far and near. Much love from me to you
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this is so sweet. babies do talk, i have seen some of them on tic tok, evern toddlers jabber at their parents, I just read your comment on my blog and realized i have not seen a post from you. for some reason your blog is not coming up in my feedly.
I don’t know what’s going on with the feeder problem. I noticed the other day my posts weren’t coming up, there was an error. I disabled a plugin and reactivated it and Inoreader knows about me now. If you want I can send you a link when I publish.
That reminded me of the stage when our daughter had all the inflections right but no real words. And a friend’s daughter was telling jokes before she had words. Cracked us all up.
I love it!
Another sweet story.
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That is such a sweet story. Thank you for sharing it.
Thanks. 🙂
I totally agree! So many times, we just need someone to listen.
Yes. To know that someone cares.
Oh, I love this. Having a good listener is a Gift in and of itself!
Thanks. 🙂
HA! Yes, the story came though completely!
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I love these memories of Kaitlin and how “present” you were with her in both your stories. These days parents sometimes aren’t, and they are missing these tender and precious moments that make the sweetest and most precious memories and provide comfort like you both did for Kaitlin that day.
I had a cousin who was born when I was 13 and we were very close when he was a baby. I didn’t want to have a baby unless I could spend quality time with it too.
Kaitlin was wise beyond her years! :^)
I spent a lot of time talking to her, with eye contact. So she knew about waiting for a response, and about facial expressions. Babies are a lot smarter than most people give them credit for. That was a fun age.