The Crying Game

April 8, 2006 / Sunday / 12:30 p.m.

Babies and children consider crying as a potent way of attracting attention but there has never been a picture of a crying Theo in this blog...until now. In this photo, Theo is crying his heart out because he wanted to be carried and cuddled by her mom; however, she happened to be very busy preparing his dinner.

It is not easy, though, to make Theo cry. He may hit his head on the corners of tables or on walls but unless it's really unbearably painful, he would just massage his head and get on with whatever business he's doing. Nonetheless, as much as possible, I don't want to see him cry; Mommy D, on the other hand, has gotten so much used to it that she doesn't mind the tears unless they're pain-derived .

At present, Theo is on the floor playing with an unopened can of cocoa. He is spending more time playing alone or entertaining himself, and it takes much longer before he gets bored. Observing him from a distance and guessing what's going on inside his head has become one of our Sunday pastimes.