Stranger Danger!

Jack’s changing. It’s subtle– but he’s a little less sure of the world than he was a month ago. We see it in the way he pauses before trying to launch himself off a higher surface… (yes. Put the phone down. We catch him. Sheesh. We’re not THAT new anymore.) And the way that he reacts differently to some of the noises and sounds he’s grown up with.

It’s textbook, I know. He’s 10 months old and right on schedule for “Stranger Anxiety/Separation Anxiety” but it’s a little strange to see him shy away from the same people he used to light up at. Poor Uncle Andy is hit or miss– if he’s holding Jack on the trampoline at the gym he’s his favorite person in the world. If he walks in the living room at my house Jack screeches. Jack’s own shadow is to be explored (on a brave day) and shied from (on a less so sure of himself day).

So far I’ve gotten a free pass from all this scrutiny. (Robby, too, though I think he’s always a little relieved when Jack smiles at him at the end of his work day.)

His profile is changing, too. He’s getting more of a forehead. (Sorry, kiddo.) We can still see his UltraSound Image profile– we know he’s ours– but it’s a little less round than it was.

On the plus side Jack’s really getting a sense of humor. He cracks up a lot these days. Which is the very nicest sound I’ve ever heard.