Today, I'm sitting here in Philadelphia in a Nursing training
session (I teach Nursing), watching videos on, get this, "infant status".
I'm forced to remember that "the boys", as we fondly refer to
them, never experienced what is technically termed the "Quiet Alert
State", which, surprisingly, is when an infant is quiet and alert.
Seth and Isaac were either sleeping or screaming at the top of their lungs.
Which may come as no surprise to those who can always hear their voices
among the crowds on all the wedding videos. (BTW, who do you think will
get married first? Isaac or Seth...email me
with answers)
Wow!, the instructional video continues, "The more organized the
'Sleep Wake Cycle', the more neurologically intact an infant is…"
I'm just wondering if their completely disorganized sleep wake cycle (Boys:
"Mom, when's bedtime?" Me: "Whenever") has led to
their unique creative processes or the present state of all the Galena's
amazing organizational abilities.(Where are my KEYS??)
Wow again! The video just related that the 'sleep wake cycle' gives way
to maturation: another clue to "the boys" ability to act as
if they are not remotely close to losing touch with that inner child.
(ie. Bang the Rabbi?) As a person who just recently went from being described
as "immature" to "acting young for her age," I certainly
am not critical, just insightful.
As many of you know from my last missile on this web site, Isaac was
born seven minutes before Seth and, more or less, forged the way for Seth's
entrance into this world. As a result, Isaac was quite bruised while Seth
was perfectly formed. Isaac had to stay in the hospital an extra day while
Seth came home. As if to prove his discontent with the situation, Isaac
did not smile for the first year. Seth cried as much as Isaac, but he
was able to smile once in a while (or was it gas?)…
"Oh," people point out, "They weren't crying in every single
picture."
"Oh," I reply, "That's because I put my fingers in their
mouths and then we had the photographer count 1,2… in-between 2 and
3, I abruptly withdrew my fingers- so instead of crying, they have a look
of shock or surprise, as to say, "What the hell happened to my pacifier!"
in every picture.
Click here for a perfect example.(Coming Soon, missing the pic, along
with my keys)
Well that's all for now, stay tuned...for next time: "How can we
tell them apart?"
Email mom with comments or questions
PS. Does anyone remember the Bayonne Highschool Marching Song?
PPS. How great was Arye's Standup night?
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From Chuck Cohen, Milwaukee, WI:
Now i understand. For a while, i attributed your talents to Reishit and YU,
specifically the drug market- i mean, the apartments. it's only now, after
reading your mother's latest opus, that i realize that it's all nature,
little nurture. any praise directed your way should be forwarded to the
moms, and mad props to philly. and, if you're mom is a good cook, she
breaks into the top 10 jewish moms, edging out mrs. korn.
thank you mrs. galena. seth and isaac- stop standing on the shoulders of a
giant, leeching off your mother's genius.
