A Wonderful World of Transition

 Babies to Toddlers* 
Dr Abe V Rotor 

It's Dreamland, where fairies and gnomes roam 

in a garden, among flowers and butterflies;  

dwarves sitting on toadstool, nymphs singing,

Oh, how we all wish childhood never dies. 

  Manniquin is almost real in pictures and on TV screen; 

 let a child touch it to overcome the Thomasic syndrome, 

and to grow out early from fantasy into the real world,

 where innocence, like clay, is molded into its true form.      

Wonder why a honeybee visits the water;

why stars come down;

swim with wings, fly with fins don't matter,

stars and sun are one.    

 

 Fly on balloon into the sky;

no, you're not living in cartoon;

let time bring you to the real world, 

don't hurry up too soon. 

 Learn to eat and drink the grownups' way,

imitate Mommy, shh... don't cry; 

it's biological, like birdlings in their nest do 

until they have wings to fly.  

 

It's a boat

No, it's a ship; 

 it's a pool,

No, it's the sea

with your daddy.

*A toddler is a child between the ages of one and three. The toddler years are a time of great cognitive, emotional and social development.