Sam’s Story: Week 84

Not a whole lot to report this week, other than Sam has reached one of those monumental milestones usually associated with toddlers: she has learned the “go limp” tactic of nonviolent resistance when we want her to walk one way and she wants to go the other. I was pulling her along by the hand the other day when she went loose as a noodle and forced me to drag her along like …well, like a toddler. And here she is, barely 19 months old and applying such advanced tactics. I’m so proud.

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Sam must be getting some kind of toddler newsletter because the other thing she’s picked up is stranger anxiety. But in this case, she has misread “stranger” as “Uncle Brent,” who she liked just fine last Thanksgiving. I think it’s because Brent made the mistake of trying to show Sam how her new toy stethoscope worked, which probably reminded her of trips to the doctor and getting needles jammed into her pudgy little legs. So Sam had a Class 5 freak out and took her time warming back up to her uncle, during which she gave him wide berth.

The only other thing to report is that when she’s not flopping on the carpet refusing to go somewhere, Sam is in full ape mode and will delight in repeating whatever you do, especially the things you wish she wouldn’t. Yesterday I showed her an air sickness bag and jokingly mimicked barfing into it to show her what it was for. She snatched the bag from me, stuck her face in the opening, and went “BLEH! BLEH!” as loudly as she could.

Again, so proud.

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