Review: The wonderweeks
Apr. 11th, 2022 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
whitewriterMy take home message after reading 25% of this book.
1. Be alert to your child's advances, and play with them in ways to stimulate little things like smoother hand movement or if they discover their toes or whatever, it's amazing.
2. they get cranky when they learn something new so expect that they go from angel to devil at each time.
Supposedly at 8 weeks they will grab for toys, and discover their toes. It's 8w4d for Wendy and maybe I saw her grab something a few weeks back but I haven't seen her do it again so clearly, that wasn't any such "leap". I'm pretty sure she hasn't discovered her toes, let alone her hands. I don't think anything's wrong or amis.
Evidently, kids do things when they do them. Lately she's been heaps more inquisitive in her gaze, and now has a fabulous social smile and is starting to laugh a bit. It's soft but it's there.
So the book takes 200 odd pages to say : if your child is being frustrating, then its fine because they're growing and you just have to bear through it. There are minimal tips on fixing it because there are no fixes. Just expect it and ask for support. It may be shit but it means good things to come so don't worry ...
Blimey, they could have been more concise. I ain't got all day to read this chunky thing.
1. Be alert to your child's advances, and play with them in ways to stimulate little things like smoother hand movement or if they discover their toes or whatever, it's amazing.
2. they get cranky when they learn something new so expect that they go from angel to devil at each time.
Supposedly at 8 weeks they will grab for toys, and discover their toes. It's 8w4d for Wendy and maybe I saw her grab something a few weeks back but I haven't seen her do it again so clearly, that wasn't any such "leap". I'm pretty sure she hasn't discovered her toes, let alone her hands. I don't think anything's wrong or amis.
Evidently, kids do things when they do them. Lately she's been heaps more inquisitive in her gaze, and now has a fabulous social smile and is starting to laugh a bit. It's soft but it's there.
So the book takes 200 odd pages to say : if your child is being frustrating, then its fine because they're growing and you just have to bear through it. There are minimal tips on fixing it because there are no fixes. Just expect it and ask for support. It may be shit but it means good things to come so don't worry ...
Blimey, they could have been more concise. I ain't got all day to read this chunky thing.
