Simon : The last week or two have been quite amazing, indeed.

Toddlers are a little like us in that they have days where they are more grouchy, or smiley, and days when something – a growing tooth or a little lack of sleep – is bothering them, so they complain more and get mad faster. Xavier had a little period like this not long ago, when it seemed he was gowing into a big crying mode (and almost banging his head on the floor to demonstrate he was upset) just because we forbid him something, or took from him a grown-up object he wasn’t supposed to have, or moved him away from the toilet or something – or then he’d always be wanting us to hold him up. (Maybe it sort of coincided with starting daycare – of course it’s an adaptation in his life – and I myself was tired a lot in the past weeks and maybe I wasn’t as “fun” as I could be.)

But this period went away like a cloud on the wind suddenly, and lately he’s been playing, laughing a lot, experimenting stuff, playing on his own for decent amounts of time, and sometimes surprising us with stuff he can do. It’s a lot of fun for us, too, and it’s even more enjoyable spending time with him when he’s in such a good mood. If it was ever so easy…