Things that make you go Hmmmm

I know many parents have been in this place. I know many are in this place on a daily basis just like me. Lately my son has me wondering... "Hmmmm...?"

I'm basically talking about those moments where your child acts like the kid with a bucket on his head in the movie "Parenthood." (GREAT movie by the way, 15-20 years old, but great!) I have found myself feeling like the Dad, Gil (I think,) and thinking "there's no way this is normal!" Even though I really know it is.... normal... in some weird way.

Let's see... banging one's head into the ground in anger, looking up at mom, sad because it hurt, then doing it harder, and harder, and harder until tears are spilling out. Hmmmmm.... but they say it's normal...

Walking around the entire house backward. Need something right in front of you? Oh, well, of course turn around, walk into it backward, then bend down to pick it up... Hmmmmm... Oh, it's just a developmental thing...

Moving your head side-to-side rapidly, as if shaking a firm no, out of the blue, off and on again for several minutes... haven't asked anyone about this, but I'm sure it's.... well, normal!

Most of the time these things are just humorous, but sometimes they are just a little too strange and make you stop and think "Is this kid going to be OK?!" Ha! I really know the answer to that, and I actually kind of cherish the weirdness because I know it won't last forever. And I mostly find it funny because before I had a kid, I never thought I would relate to Gil, but now I do, and I know that for us parents, it's probably the norm!