We were walking down the street with Jalen in my arms when a schoolyard full of running and screaming children immediately grabbed his attention. We let him down to observe through the fence and he was engrossed by all the action. He continued to watch even as they were lining up to go back inside. Recently, during walks to the park with Melissa, Jalen started to interact with other kids. I'm really happy that he's expressing an interest in socializing. I think teaching or encouraging your kid to socialize can be stressful if he/she has no desire to. It makes me more enthusiastic about putting him in daycare soon. He'll have his walking skills perfected by that time, but it's his continuing desire to put everything in his mouth that worries us. As soon as he stops chewing on everything that he comes in contact with, his drooling butt is outta here! It's a good primer for school, I guess, except you don't get homework. All you do is play all day and you get a two- or three-hour nap in the afternoon. Actually, thinking about it makes me drool too.
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Ooh this is a good sign. Maybe he'll never rebel and love being in the classroom. I can't believe it, are you really putting him into a daycare soon? He's growing up too fast!
Ben, I'm sad that the blog is coming to an end. Seriously, it's one of the only blogs I visit like all the time. You might want to reconsider. Think about all those emails and letters you'll have to be sending to keep people up to date in place of the blog. yup, scares ya, right?
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