Right, wrong and nothing in-between
Tomorrow my son turns one. The dramatic way in which babies change in such a short space of time is incredible isn’t it? He is turning into a young boy with a proper personality right before my eyes and nothing brings me greater joy than seeing him learning and doing new things, in his own unique way. It’s the little things. At the moment, he likes picking things up and putting them in certain places, or dropping them through holes or from a height. Straight after he has done this he puts his arms up as if in a shrug and makes a noise, “eh!” like he is copying me when I respond by saying “oh!” in a high exclamation. This is just too lovely – seeing him trying to engage and have a conversation and look for a reaction from you. But Oh my goodness, how I worry! I worry most at the moment about how to help him with this development correctly. I know, I know, there is no correct, but there must be some approaches which are useful, and I just feel like...