Of all the things that I've learned about babies, one really sticks out. One day I discovered that Jalen was totally absorbed in the silky little label that was attached to his toy. He had this plush little dog pinned down with the label sticking straight out. With the precision of a tailor threading a needle, he stroked the silky tag between his little fingers, over and over again. I'm more used to seeing Jalen hitting, pulling, gnawing and throwing his toys, so I was a little surprised by how absorbed and focused he was on such a peculiar detail. From that moment on, I noticed that Jalen had an affinity towards labels and tags of all sorts. Apparently, baby label fascination is a pretty well known fact. So much so that there is a company devoted to making baby products full of labels and tags sticking out all over them. Can you believe that? It's a good thing to know too, because I've got a box full of labels that I'm gonna glue to myself in case Jalen gets bored of me.
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