Just finished playing a game of hide and seek with my son, I thought I knew the basics of the game but apparently I did it wrong. After the designated time of waiting, I went in search of him and when I finally found him he burst into tears! "You did it all wrong mum!" He finally gets out between sobs. "What did I do wrong?" I ask. He tries to explain but I'm still not sure what, somehow I didn't do it quite the same as last week!
Now onto my daughter, why do we as parents always put pressure on ourselves to make sure our babies are meeting their milestones. Even if in our hearts we know it doesn't really matter and that rolling over or lifting their heads up will happen and when they are ready - they don't really care, just feed me, wind me and give me love - somehow in the back of our minds is "now come on darling, you should be doing this" "I wonder if I'm doing something wrong or if something is wrong with them?" "look at what their baby can do already." Well at least that happens to me sometimes, just a little anyway, no matter how much I try to not worry somedays I just do.
Deep down I'm just happy she is happy and healthy and milestones are just not as important.
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