Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Yell Tide Glee

It would seem to the untrained I (pause for laughter), that Stanley is learning how to yell to people across the room. To do so, he locks in his gaze on someone at least four feet away, and then he holds his arms wide open, like the guy from Creed. He then takes his arms and sort of waves them inward, and a little "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!" comes out of his mouth. It's sort of as if he's using his arms as a bellows for his lungs. He also leans forward at that moment, perhaps to get his diaphram involved. I'm learning a lot by watching him do this.

The counterpoint to my assertions about his yelling is that he may simply be learning how to yell, and not really aiming it at anyone specifically. That's possible, I admit. And that's okay, because he's learning to yell--something we will undoubtedly tell him not to do by the time he can understand what we're saying.

"Stanley, it's not time to use our yelling voice."

OR

"Stanley, there are times to use your arms as a bellows, and there are times to just let your lungs to all their own work."

We'll see which is more effective, when that time comes.

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