Little ears, rolling over

We seldom know what the little ears around us have heard until it is repeated through little mouths. While Cori and Nate and the kids were with Grandma and Grandpa during the week between Christmas and New Years, Grandma, not used to Blake’s usual fussing, became fixated on Cori not feeding him enough. She would say, “He’s hungry, Cori. You need to feed that boy some cereal.” Not realizing that unless he is being held he gets very cranky and very vocal.


Cori has a well developed schedule that she keeps the kids on and there is little danger of them going without anything they really need. Cori maintained their schedule in spite of the reproof. Little did we know that even though Mykenzie was with me and Mama most of the time she was there often enough to hear Grandma fuss at her mother - until the other morning.

While Cori was preparing breakfast for Mykenzie and Grant, Blake sat in his exerciser fussing because he could see his mommy and she was not holding him. He had already been fed and mommy was moving on to the older two kids. Mykenzie, three years old, looked at her brother with a very concerned stare and said, “Mommy, Blake is hungry. You need to feed him some cereal.” Mykenzie”, Cori answered, a little take aback, “Mommy knows how to take care of Blake. ”Okay. I just think he’s hungry.” I can hear her saying to herself “Oh my word!”

Cori texted last night that Blake had rolled from his back to his tummy. For whatever reason, in my family, that is considered a developmental milestone. I have always wondered what is happening in the mind of the baby. Here we have a child, slightly upset, staring at the ceiling, thrashing arms and legs and suddenly the world looks completely different. Suddenly he has moved without any help and he has to strain his neck to look around. The first thought that must go through the tiny mind is, “Who did that?” Seeing no one about, he must begin to wonder what in the world just happened.

I wonder how many times it must happen before he realizes that he did it by himself. At about six months old, persons that small are used to having everything done for them. It has been an ongoing routine since s far back as they can remember. To them it has always been that way. Now suddenly they are able to do something by themselves. Crawling will soon follow and as Cori said in her text, watch out. 

Seth is enrolled in classes to pursue his GED. He tested this week and was grouped in with about six others who tested at roughly the same level. He is excited. He plans on the process taking about a year. For where he is starting from, that is a worthy goal: our thanks to Mrs. Miller at Somerset Bible Baptist Church. Without her help he would not be as far along as he is now.

Pastor Miller always told us “It is never wrong to do right!” It is never too late to do right either.