Bug
Monday, June 4th, 2007
Bug was born in August of 2001. My first baby, he is. While pregnant with Bug, I dreamed of the perfect life we’d have when he arrived. I would be home with him each day; we’d wake up to the sun shining and dance around the living room while listening to Enya. I’d dry his tiny baby tears, nurse him with ease, and teach him his ABCs before he was two years old. Oh, yeah, I had it all planned.
After 42.5 hours of labor (the first 35 being rather agonizing until pitocin and fear took away my dream of a med-free birth) my little Bug was born. Beautiful and perfect as I knew he’d be. Um, yeah. So, Bug turned out to be a little, ah, “high needs“. Good thing for me that I had no experience with babies and thought that this was completely normal. I did whatever would keep him from crying. Attachment parenting came in handy there, of course.
Bug was an opinionated older baby and toddler, just as expected. (And, yes, he could say and recognize his ABCs before his 2nd birthday. Hmph!) When he was 25 months old, his little brother Bear was born. He seemed to adjust well, though his typical two year old behaviour made me a little crazy some days. Because I was tandem nursing the boys, I felt like I was nursing constantly and had to set limits on Bug’s nursing. He became demanding around 2.5 but took very well to limits as long as he knew what to expect.
By the age of three, he was still nursing, attending preschool, and was a vibrant little boy. Entertaining and full-of-life at home, he was (and still is) a bit shy around others. He is incredibly charming, if I do say so myself. And I do.
He weaned just before his fourth birthday and was off to his final year of preschool. I pretty sure he took one of Thomas’ friends to every.single. “show and tell Friday”. Yeah, that sounds right. Arthur, Bertie, Clarabel, Duncan . . .One for every letter of the alphabet. Uh-huh.
Last Autumn (or rather, last summer because we begin school here at an oddly earlier date each year.) he started Kindergarten. I’d wanted to homeschool, dh was not on board. So far, I have not regretted our decision. Bug will be in first grade in two months and cannot wait. Karate and soccer are his passions. His first Tball game is tommorrow night and he’s excited, but nothing beats the excitement of karate and soccer.
Bug is a cool kid and a great big brother. We’re learning with him every step of the way.
