chicagodads

We call him Captain Huggieface. We borrowed that name from a Public Broadcasting show for kids about a super-powered girl known for her verbiage and her adorable and constantly hungry monkey sidekick, who also goes by the nom-de-rigeur Bob.

Joss’s C ap’n, however, is three-dimensional, tangible, soft and pink and is her best bed-time friend in the whole wide world. She does have a security blanket, but that is an also-ran, an extra. When she is tired, she gets clingy. Naturally, she will cling to myself or my wife (sometimes whichever one of us is available, but sometimes she will be choosy. Today it was mommy’s turn… I promised I would not cry…), then to a milk bottle. She will drink that down until she is satisfied - which may or may not before the milk is finished - and then we swap it out for the monkey. She grabs ahold of the plush toy like how I’ve seen older girls hold onto dolls, like their very own baby sisters that they will not let go of even though they cannot hold them correctly in the first place. The dolls (or monkey) will be held on to and will remain in their grasp until they awaken.

Now, I have some questions/observations about baby development based on what I have seen here with the monkey versus how I’ve seen her react to other people, including us. It’s fantastic to think of how the minds of toddlers/babies/infants develop and I just want to ponder for a few days. So, memory, then attachment.

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