Last week I was looking though one of my favorite baby books, Brazelton's "Touchpoints of Development," marvelling at the fact that we're now in the Six to Seven Months chapter. Brazelton cites some existing guidelines for assessing temperament in babies at approximately this age. The nine elements and my perhaps pseudo-professional assessments (as a social worker) of Henry are:
Activity Level: High! High! HIGH!
Distractibility: What did you say? I was focused on my writing...Low. Henry's a pretty focused young 'un.
Persistence: May as well have a onesie reading "Persistence Pays Off" (like momma had a t-shirt with the saying from high school xc running)
Approach-Withdrawal (how does he handle new and stressful situations): Has tended more toward the Approach end of things, but I see slightly more withdrawal the more he edges toward separation anxiety.
Adaptability: Generally pretty adaptable.
Regularity: Huh? What's that?
Sensory Threshold: Can you say, easily overstimulated?!?!?!!
Mood: Primarily positive. :)
Here are some more pictorial representations of the many faceted Henry.
Silly Henry. Or is it Hungry Henry?
Persistent Henry. He WILL crawl.
Serious Henry. Contemplating the grounds at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens:
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