Rockabuy Baby Scene 47

What bothered him was that adult conversation seemed to hold less and less attraction for him. Immediately after the transformation, he had been unable to speak but had still been able to understand adult speech. Lately though, words seemed to be disappearing from his vocabulary. He was having increasing difficulty understanding what his mommy was saying. If Becky put a brightly colored ball in his playpen, it was minutes before he could pull his attention away from the gaily colored object and concentrate on the world outside the playpen. Thumbsucking had begun as an infantile reflex which his transformation had returned to him, but he wasn’t prepared for the feelings of well-being and contentment that went along with sucking on his thumb that had recently become the focal point of his daily behavior.