(Lets face it kids are full of honesty, they say it as they see it. This is a new column written from the ‘HONEST’ observations from our children. It touches on all aspects of the process of growing up and how we as parents can improve ourselves from a child’s point of view).
Dansal Hopping
Big Sister’s screaming her lungs out..its Vesak its Vesak hip hip hooray!!! Would someone please discipline that child I was in the middle of a nice nap it was all about mummy and endless bottles milk..ahhh all I need in life. Anyways back to dealing with this annoying child, Mummy give her a timeout!. Now everyone seems to have caught Vesak fever. “Let’s make lanterns!” Mum goes…”Can’t we just buy some” Dad replies ..”Ohno! no let’s make some, it’s all bought the experience the kids would love it”!
Yeah Dad don’t deprive the children of this religious experience. So helpless Dad sits down with sticks, paper and glue, Big Sister who has probably had too much sweet juice runs around him in circles. I don’t see this ending well. After a few minutes of cutting and chopping in which Dad ends ups mauling himself with the scissors and I swear I saw Big Sister take a slug of paper glue, that child is not right in the head, he ends up screaming for Mum.
My father, the patriarchal alpha male of our family whose boundless strength and courage protects our family has been beaten by a mere arts and crafts project ,which of course was intermittently fingered by the sugar high Big Sister. I added to the commotion by just wailing endlessly, I regard crying for nothing a passion, it drives people crazy and I do it well.
Anyways Mum swoops in to save the day, washes out Big Sisters mouth, gets her to drink a glass of water, picks me up from the chair and hands Dad a drink. Mum has saved the day. Dad collapses on the couch, defeated, in the complexity of the Vesak lantern making. Mum, with baby on the hip, glues a couple of sheets together and voila..we have a reasonable looking lantern that we can hang up and not get ridiculed by the neighbors. Right gather the team, pile into the car lets go dansal hopping, is Cow and Gate milk products having a dansala?!
Expert Advice – Baby Naps
It takes a while for newborns to develop a sleep schedule. During the first month, babies usually sleep and wake round-the-clock, with relatively equal periods of sleep between feedings.
As babies get older, baby nap times typically lengthen and become more predictable. For example:
Ages 4 months to 1 year. After the newborn period, your baby will likely nap at least twice a day — once in the morning and once in the early afternoon. Some babies also need a late afternoon nap. Many babies nap a total of three or more hours during the day.
Age 1 year and older. At this age or in the coming months your baby will likely drop his or her morning nap and only nap in the afternoon, often for a period of two to three hours. During this transition, consider moving up your baby's bedtime by a half hour to help him or her feel more rested throughout the morning. Most children continue taking an afternoon nap until ages 3 to 5.
Baby Dexterity
By the end of his seventh month, your baby should have had enough practice manipulating objects that he's able to tell the difference between something he can grasp with his hands (such as a toy) and something he can't (such as a ray of sunlight or a picture in a book).
Instead of reaching for everything he sees, he'll touch objects first. In contrast to younger babies, who can only hold things in their palms (this is called the palmar grasp), your little one will start holding things with his fingers alone. By 12 to 15 months of age, he'll develop a "pincer grip" and be able to hold objects between his thumb and index finger.
Why do babies JUST cry?
All infants have periods of fussiness during their first few months, perhaps because they have an immature neurological system. And some babies are just more sensitive - noises, smells, even certain sensations can upset them. Most newborns cry for an average of three hours a day, peaking at around 6 weeks. The good news: By 3 months, most babies' crying will subside to about one hour a day.
By Mayuri Jayasinghe
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