He Talks!

Baz has decided that he won't talk in school. And he's sticking to it. He actually didn't start out that way. In fact, narratives from his first 3 months in school document that he talked about his Daddy and Hadrien a lot (nope, not me) and that he is a curious boy - always asking questions. Somewhere along the way, and for reasons still unknown to us, he decided to literally keep his mouth shut. Not even a good tickling will get him to open his mouth, not a wee bit!

So imagine his classmates' surprise when he would talk in the elevator. One of his classmates, Sebastian, couldn't help himself and actually exclaimed "yaya, he talks!" He then approaches Baz and asks "you only talk in the elevator?" Of course, Baz chose not to respond. Whenever I would pick him up, he is in a rush to run to the elevator or to the hallway when no one is there so that he could let out a loud and taunting "HA!"... grrr.....

I'm not a child expert (I'd like to think more a Baz-expert) but I really think that this is plainly matter of choice. I still agonize over it tho hoping that this phase ends sooner rather than later. But Baz has always been resolute in his decision-making. A trait which can be inconvenient to us as parents. The good thing is that he generally makes good choices so I trust he has a "higher" purpose to this self-imposed silence.

At home, Baz is a prolific talker, always speaking in grammatically correct and complete sentences and ever ready with an intelligent retort when he knows you're trying to put one over him.

In this video, Baz has decided "C" is for Cinderella and to complete his jigsaw minibeasts puzzle. Watch.


Drawing and Puzzle Time from malou.khan on Vimeo.