Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Baby Watch

Do you notice that when you take MRT ride, there are a lot of toddlers inside?
Well, neither did I.
My reactions toward babies on MRT were usually like these: If the baby is crying,” Stop crying pleaseeee, headache". If the baby is not crying, “What baby? Where?"

But recently, as my wife is expecting, I am constantly attracted to babies and toddlers. If there is a baby 2 MRT cars away, I would know and observe it. Now I look at babies with more awe, although I know that what they can do is basically only trying to put their feet into their mouth.
So now my reactions to babies are more in the line of
"Aaaaa, so cute"
"Here here. Look at me. Look at me"
"WHAT kind of hair is that?"
because some David Beckham's fans just think that his hairdo suits everybody, including a baby girl.

Now I observe babies' behaviors, their words, their facial expression, and so on. And the most important thing, how they behave towards their parents. Some rebellious toddlers just run around the MRT although the parents are screaming at them. Some toddlers are sitting quietly the whole trip like they are sedated. That makes me decided to start thinking about how to teach a child. What approach used, what punishments are the best, what drugs applied, and so on. But then again, guess I got carried away. It’s still too far.

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