Discovering our children's personalities

Have you ever sat and stared at your child and thought " what a wonderful and complex little creature I have created"? I am in constant amazement by what my children do and say on a daily basis.

My son, Declan, has always been an observer. When he was a baby in daycare his caretakers would always comment on what a quiet and well behaved boy he was. He would often sit and watch his peers and then, only after careful observation, join them in running round in circles pushing their respective trucks.

Now that I am a stay at home mom to both my kids it gives me more time to watch and learn their behaviors that will most likely be present well into adulthood. Even my own mother will never fail to tell everyone how my inner toddler would come out when I got overtired.

Declan is a very cautious boy. He cannot be pushed into doing anything. One of the things he did today is the inspiration for this blog posting. For Christmas I bought him his first electric toothbrush, which I thought would be so cool ( and they were Tigger and Pooh). Declan loved them, but not to brush his teeth and he would freak out if I tried to turn it on and use it. The Tigger toothbrush has sat on the bathroom counter now for two and a half months and Declan would occasionally pick it up to play with it and sometimes use it to brush his teeth ( but NEVER turn it on) . Today out of the blue he grabs Tigger, turns him on and starts to brush his teeth. AMAZING. And he loved it.

The same can be said for learning. He quietly watches, listens and learns. I though he was a little behind in learning his ABC's until his friend Isla came over for a visit. She already knew her ABC's and she was six months younger than Declan. The two were off in the kitchen playing when all of a sudden I hear Declan belting out his ABC's. He wouldn't do it again when I asked him for another three months. Now I can't get him to stop singing his ABC's.

I have no doubt that I have a really clever little boy and I look forward to each day when I can wake up and be amazed by what he does or says!.

Katie, my sweet girl. I am still getting to know you and all your little quarks. At seven months you are already the happiest baby I have ever seen and somehow have such an amazing disposition on life already. I can already see you as an adult being such a kind spirit to everyone you meet and lighting up a room with your gorgeous smile.

What a lucky mom I am to have such wonderful kids!!