Journal Entry #1

This morning on the bus a young girl got on with a double baby stroller. There was a newborn (likely) in the infant carseat, and a 10 month old in the front seat of the stroller. The stroller was fairly cumbersome, and took up the entire front walkway of the bus. The 10 month old was facing everyone in the bus, and the mother was a good distance behind, near the infant. I was amazed and intrigued at the child. From the time they got on the bus until I left, the child was very interested in everything that was going on around them (like most children). However, I was surprised at how calm the child was. Alot of children, when in a strange environment, around many strange people, will cry, whine, or turn very shy. Especially when their mother is not near to them. However this child was intrigued, and much more interested at watching everyone around them that they couldn't have been bothered with figuring out where their mother was. What surprised me was that I was completely drawn into watching this child watch everyone else. It isn't that I don't like babies or children, I will often look at them to see if I can catch their eye, or if I am close play smileys with them. But I rarely get that drawn into watching children when I haven't caught their eye. This child did not look at me once, but I was so interested in watching them that I couldn't look away.