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Baby yoga

by Bill on May 2nd, 2008

The little one has been taking a mommy and baby yoga class for the past few weeks. (He doesn’t attend by himself, my wife goes with him.) Both my wife and son really enjoy the time, however, he sticks out a little bit from the rest of the kids in the class for a few reasons.

First off, he looks giant. At just under five months old, he is wearing 12-18 month old clothing and has me working inching toward my first hernia every time I pick him up. The instructor advised at the end of one particular baby / mommy exercise that mothers should not do that particular motion once the child passes the twenty pound mark as it could potentially hurt the mother’s back. The teacher should have mentioned that at the beginning, because our kid passed that milestone a few weeks back. My wife hurt her back.

Second, he farts really loudly. Yes, I said it, he farts loudly. And it’s not just the volume, but the timing. He waits for a lull in the ambient noise in the room before he presents his gas to the world. He doesn’t fight to be heard, he waits until an (in)appropriate moment and unleashes his flatus upon the unsuspecting yoga class.

Third, he laughs a lot. He loves meeting new people, especially other babies and laughs and laughs when he sees them. He’s tickled by new experiences and baby and mommy yoga is no exception. He is prone to laughing when everyone else is quiet, especially if the site of another little munchkin in a funny pose catches his eye.

Fourth, when he is not farting loudly or laughing during quiet time, he sleeps. While the other children are attentive yet relaxed during their ‘yogassippis’, he often passes out in my wife’s arms. She carries his limp body through the motions like a sack of potatoes. Potatoes that drool.

He really seems to like the interaction with others, and not being in day care, I think those interactions are important. He behaves differently than the rest of them but, truth be told, I love it. I love that he laughs all the time and always has a smile for a new face. I find it hysterical that he can fart so loud that my wife sometimes blames it on me and I have to convince her that it was the kid. As much as I want him to interact with, and get along with others, I don’t ever want him to lose that spark that makes him who he is. Even at five months he has a very distinct personality, and I think he will be the same person twenty years from now as he is today.

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