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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 24100" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>I did those same things with my easy child and difficult child - our mornings were usually full of activity. We'd have library twice a week, playground twice a week and the stores once a week. We'd usually get home near lunchtime, have lunch, then quiet time, a short nap and when they woke up they'd either play with playdoh or something till dinner was ready. Our days were fairly structured but full of activities. Later on, we added brownies and gymnastics, T-ball, etc. *Just wanted to add that from the moment difficult child was born, she needed to move. She hated the swaddling as an infant. I was frutrated I put her in the swing supported by like 8 blankets rolled up at only 4 weeks. At 2 months she was in the johnny jumper - the ONLY thing that kept her from screaming her head off all day. She was up at 7 AM and down at 8PM and slept through the night; I had to wake her to breastfeed her, my <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> were so sore from trying to calm her by day. She cried from the moment she woke until the moments she dropped off.</p><p></p><p>When my easy child was about 8 and difficult child 6, they had an eye appointment with a behavioral optometrist - this really ancient man, the nicest man ever. His exams were thorough, almost 2 hours long. I remember wondering how difficult child would make it that long without having a little meltdown. The first thing the DR said when he had her in the chair and was looking into her little brain through her eyes was, "Well, this one here is a real mover and shaker, isn't she? I'll bet you can't keep her down and have gates all over your house, don't you?" I was astonished! How did he know?? We chatted about it for a while. He said there was movement behind her eyes that was indicative in many of the hyperactive children he saw! It was his own little observation, but nonetheless fascinating for me to hear. </p><p></p><p>Both my dds' had basically the same upbringing and activity level, socialization, everything until difficult child was about 8/9 years old. It was at that point that I realized I had to parent each a little differently. So, based on my own personal experience, I don't think that keeping them structured or 'busy' as toddlers made a difference in whether or not difficult child would end up hyper or not. <strong>difficult child was simply wired that way</strong>. easy child has never been hyper - she's always been very even tempered and quiet. easy child is a listener; she asks questions and thinks it over. difficult child is a screamer - asks questions later. LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 24100, member: 2211"] I did those same things with my easy child and difficult child - our mornings were usually full of activity. We'd have library twice a week, playground twice a week and the stores once a week. We'd usually get home near lunchtime, have lunch, then quiet time, a short nap and when they woke up they'd either play with playdoh or something till dinner was ready. Our days were fairly structured but full of activities. Later on, we added brownies and gymnastics, T-ball, etc. *Just wanted to add that from the moment difficult child was born, she needed to move. She hated the swaddling as an infant. I was frutrated I put her in the swing supported by like 8 blankets rolled up at only 4 weeks. At 2 months she was in the johnny jumper - the ONLY thing that kept her from screaming her head off all day. She was up at 7 AM and down at 8PM and slept through the night; I had to wake her to breastfeed her, my :censored: were so sore from trying to calm her by day. She cried from the moment she woke until the moments she dropped off. When my easy child was about 8 and difficult child 6, they had an eye appointment with a behavioral optometrist - this really ancient man, the nicest man ever. His exams were thorough, almost 2 hours long. I remember wondering how difficult child would make it that long without having a little meltdown. The first thing the DR said when he had her in the chair and was looking into her little brain through her eyes was, "Well, this one here is a real mover and shaker, isn't she? I'll bet you can't keep her down and have gates all over your house, don't you?" I was astonished! How did he know?? We chatted about it for a while. He said there was movement behind her eyes that was indicative in many of the hyperactive children he saw! It was his own little observation, but nonetheless fascinating for me to hear. Both my dds' had basically the same upbringing and activity level, socialization, everything until difficult child was about 8/9 years old. It was at that point that I realized I had to parent each a little differently. So, based on my own personal experience, I don't think that keeping them structured or 'busy' as toddlers made a difference in whether or not difficult child would end up hyper or not. [b]difficult child was simply wired that way[/b]. easy child has never been hyper - she's always been very even tempered and quiet. easy child is a listener; she asks questions and thinks it over. difficult child is a screamer - asks questions later. LOL. [/QUOTE]
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