You don't cry often. I'm not sure if it's because you're such an outstanding baby or because I rush to your aid. In any case, it's not a sound I'm used to.
However, when you DO cry, 90% of the time, I can get you to calm down by singing. And not just any song - Au Claire de la Lune. When you born, I started singing it just so you'd get used to hearing me speak French. But then...wow, you just...responded to it unlike any other song.
Tonight, as we drove home from dinner with Grandma and Pap, you were mad. Tired. Hungry. ...Mad. After about 10 minutes, I started singing. By the second verse, you stopped. You just stopped in the middle of a tantrum...and listened.
Eli...I don't know why you respond to this song the way you do but I love that you do. It's such a simple little children's folk song in France but while there, I fell in love with it. Maybe a part of me knew that you needed your mom to learn it.
I love you, Monkey.
Mom
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