Finn has reached the age where the "fear" emotion is surfacing quite often. Up until a few months ago I think that he may have been surprised by a loud sound or something else that momentarily frightened him, but I don't think he ever felt scared. Regrettably it is coming up a lot. Its very sad but super cute.
His biggest fear by far is an automatic car wash. Last week we were in bad need of a washing. As we entered the tunnel, Finn began to shake and cry, "I 'cared, Mama! I 'cared!" When the water began to pelt the car he screamed and would not be calmed until he was able to grab String Cheese's entire face to hold pressed in front of his. He talked about how scary it was for quite some time after that.
The other day a balloon popped that Loumy was throwing around. Finn still brings it up out of the blue. He'll just walk up to me and with a very sombre look on his face will say, "Balloon pop, Ma." (The "Ma" is a new thing, too. It's not the long "Maww" as in "Ma and Pa", but more like a short "a" sound like you'd hear from a young Irishmen. He also calls Chancho "Da" at the end of a sentence sometimes, though he's usually Daddy.)
Another very frightening scene happened last night when we were stopped right in front of a passing train. Finn has been 'cared by the most faint, distant train horn in the past. Now it was right in front of him, blowing over and over. He did not scream or cry, but he did say over and over, "I 'cared Ma! I 'cared." I reassured him over and over, but he seemed to think that the rest of us (we had the entire family in the van) did not quite understand just quite what was happening. "Horn that train 'care him, Ma. Horn that train 'care him."
At dinner just an hour ago, Finn remembered the balloon. He came up to remind me about it, too. Chancho asked him, "Pop that 'care him?" Finn looked at him in awe and nodded, so pleased that Da was speaking his language. "Pop that balloon 'care him," Finn repeated.
Sometimes dogs scare Finn. Today he said, "elephant 'cares him, Ma." It's a sad and endearing time.
Here are a few photos I took while Finn was recounting some of his fears to me. Sometimes he just starts giving me a list. I hug him and comfort him as he says, "Balloon pop. Balloon pop scare me, Mama. Door beep. Door beep scare me, Ma. Train horn scare me, Mama. Watch. Watch beep scare me, Ma."
This has nothing to do with being scared but something funny the Finn does something funny all the time that I don't want to forget. He is very aware of his name and if he overhears anybody talking about him, he'll shout, "I'm right here!" For example:
2 comments:
OH that is so cute and he is so handsome, and that third picture down is hilarious. Also, this made me feel all nostalgic because one of my kids used to always say "cared" only I can't remember which one and I keep sadly trying to picture who it was. Also, Finn will be happy to know he's in good company. Jesse is terrified of so so many things. There was a makeshift fence set up at the park the other day and it horrified him, and the other night he heard some crickets and was almost hysterically trying to get in the car and make us shut all the doors he was so upset. It is also sad and sweet how they try to reassure themselves that something is just fun and not scary over and over -- which makes you know they think it is not one bit fun and very scary.
yeah weird about entering your mission boundaries so casually. That is soo cute! I love it when they learn to talk and have cute things to say and how nice it is when your pops speak your language. I do not agree with the no baby talk policy. I always mimic what my kids say like pop baloon care finn and we talk that way even after they need to and they always eventually learn the right way but we can still have some fun!
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