Animal Kingdom

Nat just started actually paying attention to the books we have been trying to show him.  I took some photos of him today looking and listening while Nick explained every picture in the Fuzzy Bee cloth book.  Now the following is not intended to be a commentary of what kind of information is useful or not useful for the baby.  Instead it shows how differently Nick and I think, which I absolutely love and cannot resist sharing with you.

Nat is 2 months old

Here are some excerpts from Nick's comments:

- Oh the dragonfly.  It is the hawk of the insect world.

- Here is a little worm.  Worms are segmented just like you.

Compare and contrast Nick's descriptions to things I would say:

- Dragonflies have transparent wings, and they live near lakes and ponds.

- Here is a little pink worm.  Worms live in the ground.

We have a few toy animals of course, and Nat is just starting to show interest in them.  I overheard the following coming from our bedroom where Nick and Nat were spending quality time together:

- In some ways, lions are actually not very good hunters. Many predators take the direction of the wind into account, and don’t get upwind of their prey, but lions completely ignore that.... 

- Here is an alligator. Alligators clamp down their jaws on their prey and do not let go. 

- Whales swim in the water like fish, but they are actually mammals...