The more I read on forums about babies' developments (not milestones set by the experts but what other mummies say their kids can do), the more worried I get.
Some toddlers can count 1-20 at 20 mths (some 16mths!) and up to 40 by 22mths. Some toddlers are even smarter! AN at 23 months can only count 1-3 and backwards. A mummy asked if the standard of the nursery her son's attending now is too low if they only teach him to count from 1-10. At the rate other kids are picking things up, AN's going to remain at the bottom of her class every year when she starts schooling.
And then some kids at 23 months can already read aloud words from flash cards while AN still baby talks and doesn't stay still for flash cards (she wants to play with them).
It just gets more and more depressing the more I read about what other mummies say their kids can do.
I better stop going into threads that do not concern AN, focus on getting her eating and pooping habits back on track before I start worrying about everything else.
Proverbs 12:25 - An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
How true that is when my anxieties rubs off AN each time she doesn't eat enough, doesn't poop, doesn't whatever-else. You'll see AN frowning and behaving wierd.
The Lord will take care of her academically. I just have to do the sowing and planting. The harvesting will come later.
Some toddlers can count 1-20 at 20 mths (some 16mths!) and up to 40 by 22mths. Some toddlers are even smarter! AN at 23 months can only count 1-3 and backwards. A mummy asked if the standard of the nursery her son's attending now is too low if they only teach him to count from 1-10. At the rate other kids are picking things up, AN's going to remain at the bottom of her class every year when she starts schooling.
And then some kids at 23 months can already read aloud words from flash cards while AN still baby talks and doesn't stay still for flash cards (she wants to play with them).
It just gets more and more depressing the more I read about what other mummies say their kids can do.
I better stop going into threads that do not concern AN, focus on getting her eating and pooping habits back on track before I start worrying about everything else.
Proverbs 12:25 - An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
How true that is when my anxieties rubs off AN each time she doesn't eat enough, doesn't poop, doesn't whatever-else. You'll see AN frowning and behaving wierd.
The Lord will take care of her academically. I just have to do the sowing and planting. The harvesting will come later.
2 comments:
Happy belated Barkday, Maen!! OMD, everytime we visit you, AN has grown! She's very cute!!
Our mom says that she can totally relate to your mom! :) She reads baby related forum very often and finds that many moms compete each other so don't bother if someone says her baby does whatever at this age... Our brudder James is seven month old and he's supposed to be crawling by now but he hasn't (but he can stand up with a little support.) So she believes that she should really forcus on what 'expert' says...
Yes, "C" has been a bit problem for our brudder. Our mom makes homemade solid food for him (and us of-course) and has lots of stock of fruit.
Hi Momo & Pinot! Thanks for dropping by! We know how busy your mummy must be with James now. How time flies and James is 7 mths old already! Mummy says she still remember the day you both post about James as a newborn!
And thanks for the reassurances. It is important that mummy gets her priorities right else human pup is going to grow up feeling unnecessary pressure.
Oh, about food, it's wierd some vegetables that mummy had always thought to be high in fibre actually contribute to "C". Worse when human pup is such picky eater. We're never constipated coz we had never been picky.
You guys and baby James are so blessed with spread of delicacies everytime! (Your dad dad's a chef?)
Help us give baby James more licks ya? Love, Baileys & Maen
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