We found this CD player for Ben on sale for $5. He had been disappointed that he wasn't allowed to use our stereo, so we got him his own little stereo. He learned how to open and close it, handle the CDs very carefully, press play, go to the next track, and change the volume. And it went from there. All week, any free minute we had at home, Ben was situated in from of it, listening, of course, to The Beatles. It must be genetic. We've got strong Beatles-obsession genes on both sides of the family. And Ben is truly obsessed. He wakes up and tells me which songs he wants and in what order. He has requested songs in the middle of the night. He asked his "Mommy and Me" teacher to turn off the tape of nursery rhymes and put on "Can't Buy Me Love." And he asks us to "read" the CD booklets. He wants us to tell him which Beatle is which, the song lists for each album, and anything else of note. It hasn't always been pretty -- he has been known to flip out if the wrong song comes on, or if we don't find the right track fast enough (this is usually if he's tired or something). And it gets a little boring for us after awhile. The same songs over and over. But then I look at him, so totally absorbed, in music-heaven, and I am so proud and happy.I wonder if all two-year-olds are like this. Ben seems to get so totally absorbed in whatever he's into, and doesn't want to do much else. It was like that with drawing, and then with making tents and tunnels on the couch. He's passionate. He wants to get to the bottom of each thing, learn as much as he can. Then he's over it, it's gone, and he's onto the next thing.
I love watching him learn, discovering it all with him. Sometimes the idea of him going to school doesn't quiet make sense to me -- he's so self-directed, and learns so much on his own, it's hard to believe school could give him the attention he needs. But he does love playing with other children, and the "teachers" we meet at his "Mommy and Me" classes have a great rapport with him, so I know it will be nice for him when the time is right. And there will still be time for him to pursue his interests his own way. But the magic and awe of his life right now -- I don't want it to end.
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I think serial obsessions is a pretty classic little boy thing. Or maybe that's genetic too - Dov does it, in his own way.
I hope that at some point Ben goes through a dinosaur phase, as many children do. That's so much fun! He's a little young for it now, but I can easily imagine him in a few years acquiring an encyclopedic knowledge of all the different dinosaurs - including how to spell all their names! - skh
Wow...does he sing the songs, too?
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