They tell you every kid is different and you know it's true, but for some reason you just kind of expect them to be sort of similar to one another. My kids certainly don't all have the same "nature" but the "nurture" is largely the same. BUT... if you know my kids, then you know that they are all different creatures.
Honestly, the challenge of differing personalities has to also be one of my greatest joys in parenting. They come out and they are just a bundle of needs. They have a little personality in there but sometimes it's hard to see. When that personality really starts to come out it's an amazing thing. Suddenly this little being that was so attached to you (in some cases, literally) is starting to become their own little person. It's an amazing thing to witness!
Sweet little man is my child that has obsessions. I remember the other kids becoming attached to certain things, but not like this guy. He can hang on to a toy or a book or a thought of what he wants to do for days. Right now, that obsession is with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carle. If he sees it then he has to have it. If he has it then you have to read it. If you won't then he will follow you around with it saying, "Brown Bear! Brown Bear!" Sometimes, he will sit and read it himself. We've tried hiding it. We've tried other books. He just loves this one. In fact, the past few nights he has cried and cried while we are rocking him because he wants us to read the book again, but it prevents him from falling asleep.
I know that this too shall pass. There isn't much in parenting that lasts too long (which, as all parents know, is a blessing and a curse) and soon we'll be on to our next obsession. He's just so stinking cute that I had to document it!
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