This week has been a rather short week with two days of holidays midweek. Where has the time gone?
This week I actually planned to get more workout exercises done with my new Zumba Wii game but so far only got around to trying it out twice. I guess that I have to step up and be more discipline next week.
This morning I had a rather interesting conversation with Doggie Boy.
He was asking me what the date was and very subtly implicated that he should have a holiday next Monday.
Doggie Boy: ” Mummy’s what the date today?”
Me: ” Today’s the 12th of August?”
Doggie Boy: ” so ..tomorrow’s the 13th, then it’s the 14th then
the 15th right?”
Me: “Yes.. you are correct”
Doggie Boy: ” I have something very important to do on the 15th”
” I don’t need to go to school”
Me : ” You do need to go to school. The 15th is a Monday and you
do have school.”
Doggie Boy: ” No.. Monday I have something very important to do..
can’t go to school.. I need to celebrate your birthday”
Me: “Aww..that’s a nice thought darling but u STILL
Have to go to school ”
( It’s nice that he is thinking of celebrating my birthday for me but it’s not an excuse for skipping school)
I’m wondering what cakes the boys will chose for me this birthday. They chose this assortment last year.
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| My Birthday Cakes for Last Year’s Birthday |
Tiger Girl turns 11 months old today. In a month’s time she will be 1 yr old. Today she reached another important milestone- climbing. She is now able to climb up the sofa by herself. I need to start teaching her how to dismount from it properly or she’ll be having bruises on her forehead if she falls off the sofa.
My questions this week
How old was your child/children when they started climbing/walking? How do you prevent them from getting into scraps during this learning period?
15 comments
Anne Lyken-Garner
August 12, 2011 at 5:22 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
We have 3 kids. The girls started walking about a year old, but the boy took his time. He started at about 15 months old.
The thing is, you can’t really stop them from getting scraps and bruises, because you’ll have to stop them from learning to walk/climb/jump etc. This won’t be good parenting at all.
The very thing that causes scraps is the very thing that makes them more sure-footed and confident in their active abilities. Of course, as with everything, caution and common sense will rule. We can’t let our kids get into danger. However, we can’t stop them from learning either.
I notice you do some reviews. I was hoping you could review my book, ‘How to Raise Kids To Be Responsible Adults’. I have some details of it on my writing blog.
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Dominique
August 12, 2011 at 5:45 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
@Anne,
I agree with letting the kids learn through experience. It just causes me heartache to see them getting into scraps. It happened a lot with the 2 boys but with the girl I’m hopping that she learns the proper way to dismount etc soon and have lesser chance of scarring her face.
I don’t mind reviewing your book. Just let me know how you would like it done.
Anne Lyken-Garner
August 13, 2011 at 3:34 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Hi Dominique,
If it helps, I trained our toddlers to go up and down stairs safely (we never had stairs gates) and they never fell down. I suppose the same principle can apply with other potentially dangerous activities. Parents can show them how to do robust things safely. Fathers who rough play with their kids ‘show’ them by way of example, how to do these fun things carefully.
About my book. This particular one is on Kindle only. If you have a kindle there would be no problem with this because I can generate a voucher for you. However, if you don’t, I’ll send you the link to where you can download a kindle reader on your PC and read any kindle book from there.
If neither of these is suitable, I can send you a word document, but this is a last resort. Please let me know what you want to do and I’ll sort it out.
Thank you and best regards
Anne
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Self Sagacity
August 12, 2011 at 7:20 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Miss Trinity is a very active child and started walking, running, climbing very early. Yet she never climb anywhere but the kitchen. I have child locks and moved everything way up high so that she can’t get to them. Because I was freaked out about the knives drawer, I had put them all in a basket and tucked it in the corner of the kitchen and told my boys and SO to start getting use to its location. This was the best thing I ever done.
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Jenny @ I'm a full-time mummy
August 12, 2011 at 7:39 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Wow, nice selections of cakes!
I think my boy started walking at 11 months. Am not sure, preggy brain forgot, whoopppssss
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Gigi Ann
August 12, 2011 at 8:58 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I had 5 children, and if memory serves me right, they started pulling themselves up around 7 or 8 months old. Walking was a different age for each of them. As far as keeping them from getting into ‘scraps’. I think it is safe to say that “life becomes the school of hard knocks.”
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Amy @ Coffee with the Mrs.
August 12, 2011 at 11:56 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
My kids both started walking around one year old. It’s hard to keep them out of danger. I do the best I can by baby-proofing the home and keep a watchful eye on them. But, sometimes the only way they learn is by doing…and falling…and getting back up.
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Menopausal New Mom
August 13, 2011 at 12:29 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I think she was around 8 months old and I can tell you, I had padding EVERYWHERE! I had rows of flat camping mattresses all over the floor with blankets on top but as hard as I tried, she still managed a few falls.
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Janie
August 13, 2011 at 1:38 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Nice to meet a fellow blogger from Singapore!
Most kids should be able to get to sitting and pull to stand position at around 9 months.
Walking on the other hand is very variable. My daughter walked at 11 months.
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Harriet
August 13, 2011 at 5:24 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
My daughter was one and I can’t remember how old my son was. I know when I started walking I was bumping into everything so my mother took me to the eye doctor to get my vision tested- and thank goodness she did.
Have a great day!
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Kathy
August 13, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I love the cake assortment you got last year! Can’t wait to see what they do this year for you!! I know it can be so hard when they start to climb and fall. I think you can do some things to help them like teach them to go down the stairs on their bottoms and keep some of the more dangerous breakable things completly out of reach, but they will fall, it is how they learn. I will give you two pieces of advice that have sereved me very well as a mom to three kids, 12, 9 and 6. The frist was from my freind that was a mom before me, she said if your kid is not bruised and dirty you are not doing your job!! And the second came from my brother-in-law who told me to remember head wounds bleed a lot and to not freak out. That advice has come in handy twice, both times with each of my boys!!! And, it is true, head wounds bleed a lot!! Both needed stiches but are very well and very happy, and not really worse for the wear!! Thanks for a great post!!!
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Dominique
August 13, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
@Kathy,
thanks for your advice. I’m lucky that the boys didn’t get into a lot of scraps when they were toddlers.. just hoping that with the girl that she won’t have too many incidents too.
angie
August 13, 2011 at 9:44 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I am mom of six and they were all a bit different. Some were rather fast walking by 9 months and others were over a year old. Come see what I asked at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
A Daft Scots Lass
August 13, 2011 at 2:33 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
My Megan started cruising the furniture when she was 7 months. She’d hold on to the coffee table and pull herself up and walking around and around the table. she started crawling at 9 months – for two weeks – she took her first steps when she was 10 months old (to the day).
My Kaylin only started crawing at 11 months and crawled for 4 months before she decided to get up and walk at 14 months! Even then she preferred crawling
Both so different
Enjoy your cake
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kailani
August 14, 2011 at 3:53 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
All my girls learned to walk at around 8-9 months. I didn’t do anything special to prevent them from getting hurt except maybe putting bumpers around the dining table edges.
Kailani
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