Your baby is getting bigger. He is no longer contempt with just crawling. Poking thru the nappy bag (or luiertassen where I come from) He obviously discovered the world has more to offer than dust and baby gifts! So he is out there lifting himself up on chairs and peering over the table’s surface.
As a parent this may be a tricky transition, frightening even. Your kid is growing older! I remember my daughter’s first steps. Gone were the days of her just lying on my lap and sleeping. She was on the go and never stopped since. Actually, she never sits still and never stops speaking. But I like her all the more for it!
So what can you do to ease into this transition? Well take that journey together! Don’t just let your kid run and crawl around and wildly attempt to protect him. Hold hands and show him around the house. Let me tell you, the worst parent is an overreacting one. If you’re continually fearful your kid might fall or break something you are stopping their psychological growth!
Give it some thought for a second, if you don’t let him explore himself, how is he even going to discover what his surroundings have to give? Plenty of bad things have happened with the most sincere intentions!
One thing you could do is to be sure your home is totally baby proof. Dump any sharp or loose heavy objects. Put child fences where needed so he cannot get access to the kitchen or crawl up the stairs. But don’t take everything away. Small wobbly tables or light plastic vases are not difficult in any way. If they fall nothing is going to happen. It will likely just frighten them and that will be the moment they’ve learnt one of life’s most critical lessons: don’t pull everything you can see!
Salmsed Turns is a dutch writer with a specific fondness of baby related subjects. This is maybe because of the fact that he has just become pop of an attractive little girl. Sick and tired of all the kraamcadeaus he found a channel for that in his writing. Other subjects he likes are (in Dutch) : Zwangerschapslingerie en Luiertassen.
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