Bored!

Yes we know kiddies can become agitated when they are meant to ‘keep still’ though it is vital to realise your baby’s mind is working at its most optimum in toddler years, yet we expect so much from those plasticised brains to be more active in teens and twenties. 

Children need to be learning all the time, you texting a friend, attention other ways or just sitting still asking baby to also “sit still!” does no good at all. So how do you entertain? Well that’s when nursery rhymes come in handy not only are they learning counting, they’re learning grammar and story telling. And of course it’s fun for others to join in. Just one person on a bus singing to the child under their care entertains not only the child but other passengers on the bus, seeing the delight on the child’s face, also, is such a glorious time...... better than a red faced screaming baby!

Yes you can do this, it’s getting over the thought of performing it because you will be seeing the joy on your child/children’s face(s) which in turn you will be more grateful for than an anxious child needing to be ‘reassured’ or told off for making too much noise and brooding atmosphere.

It is important to realise that children are like mirrors. If you feel anxious and trying to ‘get her/him to do’ something the child will pick that up. It may feel a bit odd saying to a child that you want them to do something, you will see when you use nursery rhymes, this will create a bond that eliminates that conscious feeling of telling a child to do something instead of instructing them.

The beauty of childhood is with us forever, we all want our offspring and children to feel happy but you cannot make a child happy, you can make what we see as ‘boring stuff’ feel like fun. And on that final point in the next post, I will outline some good ways to enable ‘boring stuff’ to be so much more fun!

Gracie outside Louis Vuitton in Leeds, yup not Paris! photograph by Angela Dawn Wright (c) 2015