Being Sara

Xander is finally shifting out of this phase, but it was pretty funny for about a month – Daddy was the man, and it didn’t matter what we were doing or where we were, if Daddy wasn’t in the room and/or paying attention to Xander, he was upset. It didn’t matter if I was playing with him, or feeding him, etc., if Daddy was home and happened to walk through the room, and didn’t stop to play with Xander, then he would cry – even if Daddy did stop to say hello and kept going, Xander would cry when he walked away. I suspect this was more a man thing than just a Daddy thing – when Xander visited my parents, he did the same thing when my father walked out of the room. I worried for a little while that we were entering a stranger anxiety phase, but he’s still fine when we leave him at day care. He gets mad if he’s alone in a room, but I’m starting to become an acceptable substitute for Daddy again

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Xander discovered a new sound this week – a fake cough. So, he’ll be sitting in his high chair, or playing on the floor and maybe you won’t be looking at him, or interacting with him for a moment, and then all of a sudden you hear “ah ah ah ahhh ah ah”. So you turn to look, thinking “oh my gosh, is he choking?” Nope, he’s smiling at you, just trying to get your attention. What a little faker! I must admit, mimicking the sound back to him elicits an even bigger grin, which is entirely worth it. I’ve also discovered that Xander uses this new sound as a warning signal – “you’re irritating me somehow, and I’ll use my fake cough to warn you that if you don’t cut it out, I’m going to full on wail.”

It’s hard to believe that eight months have gone by – it feels like just yesterday we were coming home from the hospital. I can’t believe how fast Xander has grown, and at the same time, it feels like when you’re waiting for a developmental milestone, it takes forever to arrive. It’s been quite a rollercoaster so far, but a smile or baby giggle makes it all feel like a piece of cake.

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