Babies and young children cry very often, as it is the only way they have of transmitting their needs to us, as they lack the linguistic skills that allow them to do so verbally.
"Mom, have you seen what I can do?", "Look what a beautiful drawing I have colored!", "Dad, look at me! I'm going to run at full speed!" ... It is normal for our children to claim our attention frequently. Parents are their best audience and they enjoy when we watch them and value what they do.
There is a mental exercise that I do often since I am a mother and my daughters began to grow: I try to remember moments from my childhood and evaluate the feelings that they produced in me. Generally, the ones that come to light are those that gave me great joy or great sadness, and the latter have an element that is repeated a lot: they arose because of things that caused me concern.
"Come on, hurry up, we didn't make it to school!", "But do you want to walk faster?", "You've been tying your shoelaces for half an hour!", "But why are you so slow?" ..
Surely many parents will identify with this situation: when their children go to school, to their grandparents' house or to some extracurricular class, they all comment on how pleasant it is to have you visiting or as a student. But when they get home, their behavior does not match those comments.
In Babies and More we have talked on several occasions about the fantastic development that children have during their first year of life, a year in which many great changes occur and their growth happens in an accelerated way.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
