In case you didn't know this about me, i'm one of those moms who speaks in a high soft voice to babies. i tickle them gently with my fingertips & all the smiles i get are the soft spreading variety. Yeah, sometimes we get playing & things get a little rougher as i work for that little chesty giggle, but for the most part, i'm pretty girly. My sister Jess, on the other hand does the most outrageous things with my babies & has always been the first person to get them to laugh or smile.... She "rough-houses" the little ones till they're belly laughing & kicking their little legs for more. When she first gets going with my kids, they'll give her a look like she's an alien... but persistent she is, & in no time, they're laughing and squirming & having the time of their lives.
So, last night, Neil was out & all the other littles were in bed, 'cept me & little mr. entertainment. i had him sitting on my lap, playing with a roll of toilet paper that was still in the plastic. i pulled the toilet paper out & tapped his chest. *little giggle*... i pulled it out farther & made a little sound, 'boom' as i hit his chest... *double the reward*. Pretty soon, i was laughing harder than he was & the toilet paper would come zooming in & i'd hold him as he fell backwards on my bed screaming laughing...
babies are fun.