Here’re some snippets of reports of how Xuanie coped with Mama’s first trip away from him:
One the first day, he cried and cried, and kept pulling his dad to the door, wanting to go out to look for mama.
Subsequent days, having been told not to cry, he was spotted breaking into tears quietly/secretly in different corners of the apartment, mumbling “mama, mama.” He would stare at books for long stretches of time, and whenever papa approached, he would say, “no, papa, go.”
His emotional maturity scares me sometimes. He’s so careful not to infringe on others with his emotions. He’s only 25 months.
May God bless this mature little baby.
Mama’s back, all’s back to normal. He’s a happy baby again. (Now, I need to do something about his weight loss. Apparently, no one else in this family is as obsessed as I am about making sure he gets food. X’s default reaction to food and drink is “no.”)
