-When he started eating on his high chair when he was around 9 months old, I used to give him little pieces of crackers or bread so he can practice picking them up with his fingers from his bowl, but they’d often fall. Then one day after a few months, it just happened! He can pick up cornflakes, pancit canton, even rice with his pincers!
-I remember when he was over a year old, when we asked him to “point” or “clap”, his index did not quite protrude, or his palms did not quite hit each other, but after a few months, they just happened! We now call him “Boy Turo” among other terms of endearment, and he claps everytime he hears anybody say “yehey” or “very good”.
Aren pointing and clapping
-Pacifiers used to be a staple in the house. He could not sleep without them, and when he woke up, he would get up and look for them and put them in his mouth and fall back asleep. Instead of soothing his gums on hard toys, we gave it to him during the day as well. Just as I was wondering until when we had to buy him pacifiers, when he was 17 months, he “overchewed” on his last one until it had a hole, so we had to throw it away. I was not able to buy a new one right away, and when my mom did after a few days, he didn’t like it anymore. He was literally spitting it out of his mouth! Talk about effortless weaning!
Aren and tatay sleeping (one of my favorite pics of all time)
-We bought him a toothbrush set when he was 18 months old and had 8 front teeth, but for the life of us, we could not get it past his mouth! The bell in the handle didn’t help get his attention! Like many other parents, the baby shut his mouth firmly, and we did not want to subject him to traumatic brushing sessions, so we gave up for a while, never mind if he did develop a little stain on one of his teeth and unpleasant-smelling laway. A few weeks later, I just handed it to him again, and it just happened… he just automatically put it in his mouth! (of course I still had to help him really clean his teeth now) He loves brushing now!
Little stained tooth
These are just some things I can think of now, and I’m not referring to the other things such as talking and toilet training and eating by himself with a spoon and writing, because such things fall under the category “let nature takes its course, but let’s not forget to expose the kids to stimulation and practice.” Yup, that’s exactly what I’m doing now…
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