Prepare yourselves for an overload of cuteness.
This is Izak, and his parents have been kind enough to share some of his cuteness with the world.
Their YouTube Channel, called izakattitude, has this description:
“A way for us to share the joys of raising Izak with friends and family and probably a few folks we don’t even know along the way.”
Given the fact that this video has been watched nearly 361,000 times, I’m going to guess they were right about “folks we don’t even know” sharing in their joy of their son.
We don’t know who is watching Izak and recording this video. It could be his mom, some other family member, or a babysitter.
Izak is reading a book in the kitchen and is asked if he will do something.
Voice off-camera: “After we find the bulldozer, will you sing me the ABCs?”
Izak: “Of course.”
And he sounds so studios and grownup when he says this, you have to chuckle.
He finds the bulldozer in his book—a nice big one on a 2-page spread—and is prompted to start singing his ABCs.
We don’t know how old Izak is here, but here is some interesting info I found on Understood.org:
“When Do Kids Usually Know the Alphabet?
Learning the alphabet happens in stages. Not all kids develop at the same rate, so some learn earlier than others. But by the time kids start kindergarten, most know the alphabet.
Here’s how and when kids typically learn their ABCs:
By age 2: Kids start recognizing some letters and can sing or say aloud the “ABC” song.”
From what I can see in this video, I would put Izak at around 3 years old.
Without taking his attention from his book—you can hear him flipping pages as he sings—he recites the alphabet. Actually, let’s say he recites most of the alphabet.
He’s clearly sung this many times and knows what he’s doing. But despite the fact that he glitches here and goes from K to N and completely skips L and M, he’s obviously pleased with himself, as is his listener.
But then they are interrupted.
You can now hear a door open and close, and someone talking in the background.
Izak is asked who it is.
“Daddy is talking on the phone”
“Is he working?”
“Yeah.”
He’s probably used to his dad working at home, so he continues with his book—until his father enters the kitchen.
Izak’s eyes light up.
“There’s daddy!” Then his arms come up and he demands, “Daddy, I need a hug and a kiss!”
His dad—and what a good dad—can be heard telling someone they will need to hold on, that his son needs a hug and a kiss. Clearly, his boy is a priority.
Father and son exchange the requested hug and kiss, and when dad tells Izak he loves him, Izak is quick to repeat it back.
Then Izak returns to his book.
His dad hasn’t even left the room yet, and Izak’s attention is back on his book, and he is excited because he has found the crane.
This video was made long before the work from home mandates that became the norm in the spring of 2020. For some parents, what used to be cute might now be cause for frustration. Because demands from your children can’t always be met with the ease that they were here.
According to Today’sParent, one of the best ways of dealing with working from home is setting clear boundaries. The other advice they give is,
“Be gentle with your kids. They’re not used to this either.”
I think Izak’s dad provided a good example to follow, don’t you?
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