Comments on: Let Kids Set Their Own Pace in Life http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/ Life, Parenting, Making a Living Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129086 Little Mummy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:49:52 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129086 Fair enough Sally, that's true because I hate awkward silences, I think I was mostly having a dig at the competitive parenting and the compasrisons that are made between children, even when we all know their all different. Fair enough Sally, that’s true because I hate awkward silences, I think I was mostly having a dig at the competitive parenting and the compasrisons that are made between children, even when we all know their all different.

]]> By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129085 Little Mummy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:48:10 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129085 Send them a link Pippa :) that'll sort them out. Send them a link Pippa :) that’ll sort them out.

]]> By: Sally, Who's the Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129084 Sally, Who's the Mummy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:39:30 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129084 You know, I do agree with you 100% - too much pressure on kids generally. But, that said, the questions about baby milestones are sometimes just conversational filler. Cos really? There's not that much to say about an 11-month-old, especially if you're not naturally a baby person. I am most decidedly NOT a baby person but I have had so many awkward silences in rooms with friends and their babies where I know I'm expected to say something but the only thing in my head is "Gosh, it looks remarkably like every other baby I've ever seen". So in those cases, Does she walk? or is she smiling/rolling over/babbling/eating/sleeping through are just about trying to express an interest, I think. You know, I do agree with you 100% – too much pressure on kids generally.

But, that said, the questions about baby milestones are sometimes just conversational filler. Cos really? There’s not that much to say about an 11-month-old, especially if you’re not naturally a baby person.

I am most decidedly NOT a baby person but I have had so many awkward silences in rooms with friends and their babies where I know I’m expected to say something but the only thing in my head is “Gosh, it looks remarkably like every other baby I’ve ever seen”.

So in those cases, Does she walk? or is she smiling/rolling over/babbling/eating/sleeping through are just about trying to express an interest, I think.

]]> By: Pippa http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129083 Pippa Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:35:11 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-129083 Great post, exactly right... now how do I get my lovely family to read this? Great post, exactly right… now how do I get my lovely family to read this?

]]> By: Linsey Knerl http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-42627 Linsey Knerl Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:00:42 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-42627 Wow!! You said it! I didn't learn this lesson very well until the potty training of my 3 year old. I now know that they will all, in their own time, learn these steps to growing up! Congrats on the big milestone... you are a good mom! Wow!! You said it! I didn’t learn this lesson very well until the potty training of my 3 year old. I now know that they will all, in their own time, learn these steps to growing up! Congrats on the big milestone… you are a good mom!

]]> By: Mother at Large http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-41590 Mother at Large Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:39:44 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/06/05/let-kids-set-their-own-pace-in-life/#comment-41590 Hear, hear. Couldn't agree with you more, and well put. Congratulations on this milestone, by the way. What a clever girl. Must take after her mum! They grow up so fast anyway, who needs to put more pressure on them to do it even faster. I think the most important gift a mother can give her children is to accept them for who they are. Have to admit I sometimes fall short of this ideal, but that's my goal, like yours. Hear, hear. Couldn’t agree with you more, and well put. Congratulations on this milestone, by the way. What a clever girl. Must take after her mum! They grow up so fast anyway, who needs to put more pressure on them to do it even faster. I think the most important gift a mother can give her children is to accept them for who they are. Have to admit I sometimes fall short of this ideal, but that’s my goal, like yours.

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