Anyone who knows my kids know that they take after their Dad in their energy and stamina. Anyone who knows Allison knows that this trait has been magnified by 10,000percent in her itty-bitty body. Lately I'm having such a tough time with my sweet girl. She is so smart and so determined that she and I both get so frustrated that she can't communicate and do all of the things she so desperately needs and wants to do. We weaned her from her pacifier a week or so ago and that went surprisingly well. Sadly, just a few short days later she came down with a cold and it has been rough going since. But this also created a new dimension in her little personality - she has became a huge Daddy's girl. Not just in that so sweet way that she loves her dad. It's that she really needs him. She fell down and hit her head on the corner of the coffee table and who did she call out for? 'Dada!' as she pointed for the front door.
She is also protesting me putting her down to sleep. She screams and cries and carries on until he goes in there. It's uncanny. I call him the Baby-Whisperer. In all of Sarah's young life he never had to get out of bed in the middle of the night to console her because I was always good enough. Not so for Allison. She cried forever last night at 3am until he went down and got her settled. A few seconds and then he's back upstairs and it's silence.
Another hilarious example of her fatherly devotion happened today. Sarah has a Carhart's jacket that she HATES. She through a huge fit when I tried to put it on her during the big snowstorm. So Joel asked her one day to put it on 'for Daddy, just once!' And Sarah did for half a second. Then Allison came over and jumped into the jacket. So today, Allison finds that same jacket and demands to wear it in our hot house all the while saying, 'Dada'. It cracked me up.
Part of my heart is worried that I'll never be able to put her down to bed. And part of me might wish that I had the same baby-whisperer abilities. But a good 99% of me is beyond thrilled that Allison and Joel have this unique bond that I am not a part of. I love to see them snuggle in ways I am not privy to just yet. But I have faith one day she'll snuggle quietly on the couch with me, just like she does her beloved Daddy.
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I can't begin to explain this amazing phenomenon, but I know I'm thankful for it. Don't worry that you're not the same- you are the reason they know how to love like this. You give them the foundation of faith in love; then they are able to launch from your arms into additional ways to trust in love. You have given them such a gift! A home filled with the love of the two people who matter most in their lives. Lucky, lucky, beautiful children!
My dad had that same ability! We would never cry when we was home from work and we would do everything and anything he wanted. He was our hero! As time has gone on in life he has continued to be there for us! I could/can tell my dad things I don't feel comfortable talk to my mom or others about and when I cry, there is just something about a daddy's hug. What they have established is amazing and no doubt it will be life long. I have no doubt too that Joel is up for the challange of being her knight on the white horse, healer of all wounds and role model she always looks up to! Amazing Jenna, simply amazing!
I smile whenever I hear Callie and Zach laugh together - it's so honest and robust that I can't help but smile. I know Callie isn't (yet) a Daddy's girl, but the foundation is definitely there.
Mom, I really appreciate your comment about the foundation of love. I know that we've built that with Callie, and it shows in the relationship we all share - she knows! we love her and I can see her beginning to rely on that a little more every time we see her.
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