It's absolutely true that babies respond to funny faces, funny sounds, high pitched noises and low pitched drones... and I am now not only capable of making ALL of these, but can do so without any conscious thought. Sometimes it's just happening when I suddenly become aware that these odd sounds and expressions are actually coming from me. The beautiful part is that it results in one of three things:
- a big toothless grin (melts me to the core)
- an initial attempt at laughter (makes me LOL), or
- averts a potential fussy baby (makes for a happy mummy & daddy).
However, when my dear husband comes home from work is when I really notice how innately embedded these skills have become. I sometimes have to work at the "adult" conversation that we try to have (yes, I do mean try). It's often interrupted by sweet baby girl and upon her signal my brain immediately, in nano-second speed, switches over to "mummy-brain"... a completely different temporal lobe I suspect. And one which my husband is not at all familiar with!
I enjoy and look forward to our political discussions, talk of the days activities (both his and mine), and discussion of current events we managed to catch on the news. Sometimes, during the day, I long for those talks but I know better than to expect full coherent thoughts to string together from my brain and all the way through my vocal chords and into the real-time discussion. Sometimes it does happen, but I've learned it's better to drop the expectation and enjoy the brief glimpses that I do get.
I know these days are numbered, time with a little one seem to just fly on by and before you know it she'll be the one teaching us new and current lingo, I suspect with a lot less vowel usage. So until then I plan to enjoy and enhance my new found skills and see what each new day brings. I wouldn't be too surprised if they come in handy when I one day return to work (hehehe!)
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