My wobbly head: When you were 5 months old!

Here he is sitting on my lap and staring at the dimly lit room. His eyes are wide open and staring; and I am staring at his tiny wobbly head. He turns his wobbly head towards me, looks into my eyes and gives a smile; and then he shy's away and gets back to the dimly lit room. This is all he does and I find the answer to my question that I had been asking my self a few minutes back. Why was I awake at this odd hour in the night way past mid night but way before the dawn? I have to wake up every night, night after night for these curious eyes, full of wonder and amusement. I have to wake up for these eyes for whom the world was probably a warm, cozy and dark place in the 

womb, just a few months ago. Just in few months the world has changed for this little boy and his tiny hands and eyes have become busy exploring the whole world around him! It is the same room he had been since we got him home from hospital, still every time he turns his wobbly little head around in the room, he finds something new! It is the same digital clock with same red display night after night, but for his eyes it is new every time. And the mist from the humidifier is something which he wishes to catch hold of. And suddenly his eyes find something really new, the room heater with a gleaming blue display and bold red thermostat dial! His eyes wander from heater to clock to heater to clock. After a few minutes of his eyes wandering he finally decides to keep his attention in the clock. I continue to stare at his wobbly head. 

Despite being terribly sleepy and tired, my eyes glimmer with tears. Yes I will wake up night after night for this curious little wobbly head. His curiosity amazes me, his interest in tiny little menial things make me wonder that why doesn't that amaze us? Of course that is part of being grown up, that is part of experiencing so many new things in our life since we were born. Now the things that amaze us are way more complicated and sophisticated than mere clock in our room. But for my boy to reach to the stage where probably how the clock works or rocket science or intricacies of a painting will amaze him; he needs me to wake up every night with him to give him company in his wonderful journey of explorations. Soon he will begin his explorations without me and I will cherish those nights and be thankful to him for making me part of his wonderful journey of life and exploration.