Laughing boy

When the first baby laughed

for the first time,

the laugh broke

into a thousand pieces

and they all went skipping about,

and that was

the beginning of fairies.

Sir James Barrie, PETER PAN

 

Benjamin laughed for the first time last night while Daddy was making funny faces at him – and to prove it wasn’t a fluke he did it three times in a row! It’s almost like he’s remembering to laugh rather than learning to.

Weeks ago he did it in my arms a couple of times while falling asleep. And almost from the start he would smile this little half-smile as he slipped off my breast in his sleep. What was he remembering that made him smile? A few weeks later a plaintive little cry was introduced in his sleep, and I would wonder what it was that made him so sad.

There is a belief that children choose their parents so as to teach them whatever lessons they need to learn in this lifetime.

Do they remember their previous lives from before they were born and gradullay lose these memories as they connect to this new life?

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