1. Read poems and nursery rhymes. Favorites include Night and Cradle Song by William Blake, My Bed is a Boat by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lullaby by Tennyson, and Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field. Sometimes I make up a tune for the lullabies, other times they are just read.
2. Play guitar with Kai in sling. After imagining for years having a son to sing it to or with, I sang “Father and Song” by Cat Stevens for the first time to Kai. It was really magical. Linda was in the bedroom falling asleep with a smile.
3. Looking into each other’s eyes. He has these moments throughout the day when he is just taking in the world. And his eyes are so clear, so free of judgment, unclouded, and open--wondrously open. So open his mouth is open—in the shape of an “O”—and he longs to take the world in so much that sometimes he sticks out his tongue like he is trying to taste it!
4. Me burping him, him on top of the world! Sometimes I am not really burping him anymore as much as patting him—a rhythmic reminder of me while he is up there, craning his neck to see what normally his tall daddy sees. I can’t see what he sees when he’s looking over my shoulder behind me, but I like to think that he’s got my back.
5. Taking walks! As a family we went on our first walk about a week ago and our first hike just a few days ago. Kai and I have been have some father-son walks together as well. It’s a nice way to bond and give mom a little bit of her own space for a short while. The other day we took an all family walk with Kai in the sling, and as we passed a young teenager he had a double take, stopped, wheeled around and said "Is that a kid in there?", to which we affirmed. His reaction was excellent: "Whoa! That's trippy!"
Here's a video of us taking our first hike:
Here's a video of us taking our first hike:
more videos please!!! <3
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