Growing Up Elephants: Woofus and Pog

I'm not sure how children start getting fond of or attached to certain toys. Perhaps it's familiarity - seeing the toy constantly on the bed and recognising that it is part of the bedtime routine? Perhaps it's how mummy and daddy use the toys to interact with the child and also perhaps the child does exercise some autonomy in choosing a preferred toy. I suspect it's a combination of all three in addition to other factors like whether the child sees that mummy and / or daddy has a certain preference for a certain toy. In any case, I will never find out the importance of each factor in the equation because I could never isolate them. Too complicated for me, but that doesn't mean I don't wonder.

At home, baby Elephant is especially fond of two little animals. A dog we named Rufus (but which he calls "Woofus") and a frog he just calls 'Pog".

He requested that I draw them so I tried. He recognised them, so that suggests to me that the copied images are somewhat decent. He then asked for them to be up on the wall - that was my proudest moment! Only my son would appreciate a drawing like this. Only my husband would think that I can actually draw or copy decently and mean it. I think they're very substandard, lacklustre, but I should try to stop the self-berating because I think I just end up being miserable all the time.