The Beginnings -The Fascination of Elmo

Charlie has discovered Elmo. That is not a first in the history of language, I know. But in this household, it has become somewhat of a wow factor for us. He is close to the 10 month mark and we didn't think that anything would capture his attention so soon. I think Jack was a year and some before he started paying attention to Thomas , Baby Einstein and all things PBS Kids. Charles however will be doing his usual " I will not just sit here Mama, we are walking!!!" routine when he heard Elmo's voice. 

His little face could not have whipped any faster. For a 10 month old, that is a lot to do.

But there was Elmo, laughing and talking in that adorable voice and Charlie just STOPPED AND LOOKED. Very intently. He looked at his every move, he never blinked. At one point a little smile was coming about, but quickly went away followed by a more studious look. I thought maybe he was just watching just to watch since it was something different, but when Elmo was not on the TV screen, he would begin to crawl away. When Elmo came back on the screen, his attention came fully back to the TV and would watch as Elmo talked about sleep, eating crackers or whatever lesson of the day was on Elmo's World. 

What is it about Elmo? Why do kids go so crazy over this character? I love Elmo and I think that he is the most adorable muppet out there, but I don't know why I am so surprised that one of our kids is now gravitating toward him. Are we going to become an all Elmo house now? Books, toys, shoes, socks, shorts, sheets, plates, sunglasses and all things Elmo? Time will tell. 

Update....

My husband told me today that Charlie has become fascinated with....Thomas the Tank Engine. Seeing that his older brother is a Thomas fan, that there are trains all over the house, that we have a Thomas train table, I think I saw that one coming. Phew, thanks Charlie for starting to like something that we have a plethora of already. 

The Fifth Month

We had our first virus with Charlie. It was a scary one. He was having fevers every day and by the 4th day, we both thought that something was up. At that point we were both thinking it was teething fevers. But Charlie was just getting hotter and hotter. We checked his temp and at one point, his fever raked in at 103!! Enough was enough and we took him to urgent aid. It turned out that he was on the cusp of getting an ear infection so he received a round of antibiotics for 10 days. It really wasn't a full 10 days of medicine since I suck at giving my kids medicine. I would forget every day til the next day, Brian would ask, Did you give Charlie his medicine.?" Duh, no, and then I would smack my head against the wall.

Jack had an interesting month. He is slowly learning that babies cry and he is deciding that at last, he doesn't like it. He shows this by laughing. He laughs every time Charlie cries and it drives Brian and myself up the wall. It sounds somewhat maniacal and it is like nails on a chalkboard when we hear it. We constantly tell him that it is not nice to laugh at your little brother but he gives us this look like " I will laugh anyways." If for any other reason, I would laugh when he laughs like this, but the reason why he is laughing is not so cute. It takes a lot of patience to tell him over and over again to not do it, here's hoping that he will stop soon enough.

This was also the month that we decided to baptize the boys. I know and have my reason on why we held out for so long, but a baptism is just a day right? Like Steve Brady said in Sex and The City " Miranda, if you don't believe in the baptism, just think of it as sprinking water on the babies head."
Or something like that. Sorry boys, that is the last time I mention Sex and the City on your blog.