Reader…
Elijah has been very content lately to sit and look at his books. He lifts the flaps, turns the color wheels, flips the pages. It gives me some quiet. Actually it gives ma a lot of quiet. He’ll play like that for quite some time. He doesnt have the same attention span for his other toys. This of course pleases me greatly and leaves me wondering…
As a first time Mom I think to myself, am I interacting enough? When we go on walks I name everything he points at, we read every night, we stack things on occasion, we play peek and chase. I let him go up the stairs and patiently keep a step back just in case. But I read the magazines and the blogs and I realize, I don’t play pat-a-cake with him often. We don’t sing the ABC’s, I prefer to have music on that isn’t toddler themed. We hang out at the coffee shop and stop to talk to dogs. I guess my worry is that I don’t do the “typical” baby stuff you see. Am I stunting him in some way? Does it matter at this age? Should we be doing the itsy bitsy spider more often, should he already know how to clap?
So my Mom skills are under investigation right now…but at the same time, when my head is full of other life, and he seems so happy playing with books, could it just mean I’m raising a reader. A fearless and active when he wants quiet boy? When he goes to school he’ll be behind on the games…but he will probably know exactly what to do during quiet time…
June 21st, 2009 at 6:38 am
You worry too much — he is who he is. You enjoy each other’s company and are learning to let each other have their own space. Big steps for less than a year and a lot farther than some people get. He might end up reading the itsy bitsy spider to his friends:)