Fun Day of Play
This morning Greg went with us to Gymboree class (his shift didn't start until 2:00) and took pictures of Corbin and me playing with everything. A few of them turned out well, but all of them have some strange color issues. Oh well. The teacher was out sick today, so it was just free play for 45 minutes. We'll go again Saturday to make up for it, I guess. Corbin had a lot of fun anyway. Here's the link.
The rest of the day was just indoor play, with a quick trip to Kroger. Corbin was relatively good. He finally ate somewhat well for the first time I've seen since he was sick last weekend. We read books a lot today, and also put in some classical music which Corbin must have liked since he kept asking for more. Not long before bedtime we looked at his photo album together, which was pretty neat. He looked at the page with his first trip to the pool (and pictures of Mommy and Daddy) for a really long time, and kept turning back to it when I tried to move on. I'm not sure what that was all about, but I printed out some 8x10s of him with each of us to hang in his room tomorrow.
The only new thing he did today was run around saying "be nigh" (be nice) over and over again. It was pretty cute.
I re-read the second half of the book, "Raising a Happy, Unspoiled Child" by Burton White this afternoon. It all makes a lot of sense to read, but its main shortcoming is a complete lack of acknowledgement of personalities or temperments. The idea that Corbin is a whiny child simply because I've indulged his whines since he was born is really oversimplifying the issue (in Corbin's case because he was colicy until he was seven months old). But it brought up a theme I've been seeing a lot recently about how a secure attachment to the primary care giver is essential for developing social skills with anyone else. Basically that kids who get through the day by tormenting mom (to get attention) are going to try and torment other kids during playtime, which will in turn result in their being avoided or shunned by their peers. Makes sense, I guess, but I'm not really sure what to do about it. Corbin is neither well adjusted nor terribly adjusted, though of course this book says that kids are only one or the other. But even beyond being a perfect mother right now, what happens when I start my 18-hour fall semester? How is that going to mess things up? Guess I need to read some new books.
Yesterday I picked up and skimmed a book on Scott's shelf called "Scream Free Parenting" that looked really good. Its premise was basically that kids have only two choices when parents fuss at them: comply in order to get mom/dad to calm down or assert their own choice which makes mom/dad get worse. Not having read too much more, I think that it was advocating avoiding power play situations (child-proof the house, for example) and reacting coolly and evenly when kids misbehave (barring immediate safety concerns). It seemed really good, so I'll have to pick that one up sometime.
The rest of the day was just indoor play, with a quick trip to Kroger. Corbin was relatively good. He finally ate somewhat well for the first time I've seen since he was sick last weekend. We read books a lot today, and also put in some classical music which Corbin must have liked since he kept asking for more. Not long before bedtime we looked at his photo album together, which was pretty neat. He looked at the page with his first trip to the pool (and pictures of Mommy and Daddy) for a really long time, and kept turning back to it when I tried to move on. I'm not sure what that was all about, but I printed out some 8x10s of him with each of us to hang in his room tomorrow.
The only new thing he did today was run around saying "be nigh" (be nice) over and over again. It was pretty cute.
I re-read the second half of the book, "Raising a Happy, Unspoiled Child" by Burton White this afternoon. It all makes a lot of sense to read, but its main shortcoming is a complete lack of acknowledgement of personalities or temperments. The idea that Corbin is a whiny child simply because I've indulged his whines since he was born is really oversimplifying the issue (in Corbin's case because he was colicy until he was seven months old). But it brought up a theme I've been seeing a lot recently about how a secure attachment to the primary care giver is essential for developing social skills with anyone else. Basically that kids who get through the day by tormenting mom (to get attention) are going to try and torment other kids during playtime, which will in turn result in their being avoided or shunned by their peers. Makes sense, I guess, but I'm not really sure what to do about it. Corbin is neither well adjusted nor terribly adjusted, though of course this book says that kids are only one or the other. But even beyond being a perfect mother right now, what happens when I start my 18-hour fall semester? How is that going to mess things up? Guess I need to read some new books.
Yesterday I picked up and skimmed a book on Scott's shelf called "Scream Free Parenting" that looked really good. Its premise was basically that kids have only two choices when parents fuss at them: comply in order to get mom/dad to calm down or assert their own choice which makes mom/dad get worse. Not having read too much more, I think that it was advocating avoiding power play situations (child-proof the house, for example) and reacting coolly and evenly when kids misbehave (barring immediate safety concerns). It seemed really good, so I'll have to pick that one up sometime.
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7/06/2006 08:30:00 PM
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