The last few weeks I swear you’ve gone from being a baby to being a kid. Every day I wonder how much of what you do and how you behave is motivated by your stage of development or by your personality. If your recent activity reflects elements of your personality then this is what I can glean about you so far:
If you want to do something then you throw your all into doing it, whether or not you should. You flail your arms excitedly, throw yourself to the floor dramatically, make wild animal sounds crazily, and laugh heartily. You don’t hold backa single emotion. You are very social and curious about others, especially other kids. You stare at them at the park and reach out to grab any kid that comes near you. You like silliness as long as it’s not too over the top. You love playing games and being mischeivous and now enjoy playing with Leela. You like to see different places, but don’t particularly like the journey there. You love anything having to do with water - swimming, baths, sippy cups, fountains. You are daring, funny, and active.
It will be an interesting experiment to see how your personality manifests in comparison to your stages of development over time.
p.s. I know that you’re a happy kid. I know that I help foster that in you. I know you are well tended to, but I hope I’m meeting all your physical and mental needs. I look at the bathtub I haven’t scrubbed or the floor I let you crawl around on and I feel so guilty and self-conscious, like everyone is thinking what kind of terrible mother I must be to let you do that. I have a really hard time knowing what is safe and how to protect you versus how to let you be a kid and learn things on your own. I guess that will be something I have to face as long as I am a mother. I hope I’m good enough for you. I’m definitely trying, and when I make a Mom mistake I am sorry and I take note of it so that I can continuously do better for you.
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Don’t listen to her, Jho. Your mom is the best ever. She’s so amazingly patient and attentive. She makes sure that you don’t get into trouble, when everyone else around you is just ignoring you or too lazy to help. She spends so much time and effort making sure that you’re entertained and happy. She is, without a doubt, the best mom I’ve ever seen!
think about the moms back in the day who lived in houses made out of mud. their kids came out fine! until they were killed in the civil war… but there were probably a few left over since everyone had like, 15 kids… no worries. i think in the bigger picture, jho eating some dog hair is not something anyone’s going to judge you for. if you were a germaphobe, we’d all be telling you you’re overreacting. your (semi) carefree and fun attitude is what is creating a fun jhonen, so don’t forget that.
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