At the risk of you all thinking that I am a mean mean mom, I just could not resist the temptation to show something to you! This is the funniest (and saddest) video clip ever 🙂 !

Shortly after Ty was born, my friend Lois mailed me a baby shower in a box. She even included homemade cinnamon rolls that were AWESOME! (Still hoping for that recipe Lois 😉 )! Also in this box was a baby gloworm for Ty. I was so excited because I loved my gloworm as a child.

When Ty was only a couple of months old (corrected), I got out his glowbaby for him. As soon as the bug lit up, he cried. I thought it was a fluke. We put the bug away but have brought it back out several times over the last 16 months. Each time, he takes a few days before acclimating. It got buried in the toy box and he hasn’t seen it for awhile. (I have mentioned this issue a few times before if you recall).

Today was a lazy day in our household. All FOUR of us managed to get the stomach flu this weekend. NOT a fun Father’s Day. At one point, Jim was in bed barely moving, I was loosing every meal of the last several days in the bathroom, and Tanner was jumping up and down next to me insisting on his turn for the toilet. I ended up using the bathtub to “hurl” (as Jim say’s) so that Tanner could use the toilet. Meanwhile, Ty is sitting watching all this because I didn’t have time to shut the door. Ty’s diapers were beyond gross and Jim and I were taking turns handling that because both of us feared we wouldn’t make it through a diaper change without ending up on our knees. I know…more info than you ever wanted…sorry…

Anyhow, so Jim and I had a flu hangover today and we sat around and watched Little House reruns (at my insistence…not Jim’s idea of a good day 🙂 ). Ty got into his toybox and next thing we know he is sobbing his heart out. Jim went to check on him and started laughing. Sure enough…Ty found that glow baby and was crying. He has a strange fascination with this bug. He bites it, tugs at it, plays with it and is just fine UNTIL it lights up and sings and then he starts crying. When the gloworm stops singing, he quits crying and then does it all over again. Doesn’t it seem he would avoid the toy? He has many toys that light up and sing. I don’t get it.

This evening I got out the video camera and tried to catch this phenomena. I was not disappointed. For the record, while it may appear that I was purposefully scaring Ty with this gloworm, I promise you…he was doing this on his own before I got involved and continued to do it until I put the glow baby away tonight (mommy couldn’t take it anymore). I have never seen Ty afraid of ANYTHING except this little bug. Is it fear? It almost looks like it makes him sad. This has gone on since he was a tiny baby and I have no idea why this little bug affects him so consistently. It is a sad sad cry but he gets over it very quickly. Earlier this afternoon, I tried conditioning him to it. I sat and rocked and kissed the glowbaby and then showed him how sweet the little bug is. He tried to be brave. He gave me a big smile and tried his hardest to cowboy up. Next thing you know his smile couldn’t stay put and the crocodile tears started coming. The third clip I have in the line up (the longest one) demonstrates a bit of this. The first go round he really tried to be brave but he couldn’t hold out. I couldn’t keep teasing him with it after that because it was making me too sad. He went back on his own for several more rounds though until I put it away. He is a glutton for punishment it seems.
I have no idea what to make of this. After viewing the video, feel free to register your opinion as to what is bothering him so. I can’t figure it out. Go to the video links page to see the clips. Funniest home videos, here we come 🙂 .

Note to Lois – thank you for the entertainment! Ty will grow to love this bug in time I am sure! If he doesn’t, we will get hours of fun in the years to come watching these clips. His future wife will LOVE it. LOL!