String Skills

When Will was just a few months old, I watched him do something pretty incredible.

He was laying on the floor, on his back. He was doing his best to turn himself over, rocking back and forth and doing all he could to make it happen.

After a few minutes -- success! A huge grin spread over his face, and he looked all around.



Suddenly, his eyes narrowed. His eyes said, "What is that?"

He reached out with one chubby hand, and snagged one of his mom's long, blonde hairs from the carpet.

As soon as he had it firmly pinched between his thumb and index finger, he... rolled back over again.

Once he was safely on his back, he reached up with his other hand, and started to do something incredible. He slowly and prefectly ran his fingers back and forth, all the time the hair perfectly trapped between his fingers.

This kept his attention for more than a half hour. His fine motor skills, even as a very young child, seemed very well developed.

Tonight, I clipped a long string from his new "Cars" jammies. You guessed it -- he's been playing with it for nearly an hour. Just winding it around his fingers, pulling it back and forth, like a toy.

Amazing stuff.