As a first-time mom, I need to learn countless things to hit-the-hook of motherhood. I get often edgy on what’s the right, the best, the most, the finest, and all that. Plus, I am over-stressed with some people on all sides coaching me to do this and that; I do appreciate them all, really. And one of the advises in particular is teaching him things appropriate for his age. Who doesn't want his own child to excel? So I give extra effort and sometimes overly which apparently stresses my poor one-year-old and me actually.
As I strive teaching him things like counting, identifying and naming things and individuals, so on and so forth, I usually end up with frustrations. Is my child a slow learner? However, he surprises me with his actions and reactions, doing things I did not teach him. Such as:
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bowing down with hands clasped;
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babbling while strumming his little guitar;
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laughs oddly when hearing others laugh;
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holding his hands together every time he sees me preparing meals
on the table;
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trying to plug-in an appliance;
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hugging from the back;
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putting the toothbrush in his mouth when he chances to grab one;
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wiping his face with a tissue;
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rubbing the floor or the table with a garment;
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wrinkles his face and/or yells when wants are not granted;
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and more that burst my heart with gladness, amazement,
tears and sometimes even fear…
I notice how he quickly imitates things that I and the
people around him are doing which prompted me and I ought to be teaching him by example, a good one
must I be!
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