Self Starter

Dear Sawyer,

Your poor neglected high chair has slowly been collecting dust in the corner of our dining room because you haven't sat in it for almost a month. Whenever I try to put you in it, you resist and say, "Too big"--as in, you are too big to sit in a high chair! So now you sit at the dining table in a regular chair like the rest of us and there seems to be no going back!

And you have decided that you are also "too big" to hold my hand when you go up and down the stairs. Before, you insisted that I hold your hand or pick you up and carry you. Now, you hold onto the railing and steadily climb up or down. If I try to hold your hand, you push it away and say, "Self"--as in, I can do it myself. What happened to my helpless little newborn?!

Love,
Mom