Don't worry about what your baby/toddler can't do, focus on what they can do (unless you think there is a real problem, in which case get professional help).
It is all too easy to get so tied up worrying about what they aren't doing that you think they should that you miss their own special little talents.
Every baby/toddler is different even siblings so don't compare.
I had bad postnatal depression for most of my little boy's first year and I spent most of my time stressing about what he couldn't do. When I finaly started coming out of the depression I realised that Daniel had his own strengths and interests.
Daniel did not sit up until 8 months old, crawl until he was turned one or walk until 18 1/2 months old. However, he said his first full sentence at 18 months - Daddy I got a car. He has just turned two and does not stop talking (although words are not always very clear). He counts to ten (since a couple of months ago), knows and correctly identifies colours such as red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple and shapes such as circle, star, square, triangle etc. I am not using this to boast but to illustrate examples where, if I had focused on what he could do rather than what he couldn't I would have been so much happier.
It is all too easy to get so tied up worrying about what they aren't doing that you think they should that you miss their own special little talents.
Every baby/toddler is different even siblings so don't compare.
I had bad postnatal depression for most of my little boy's first year and I spent most of my time stressing about what he couldn't do. When I finaly started coming out of the depression I realised that Daniel had his own strengths and interests.
Daniel did not sit up until 8 months old, crawl until he was turned one or walk until 18 1/2 months old. However, he said his first full sentence at 18 months - Daddy I got a car. He has just turned two and does not stop talking (although words are not always very clear). He counts to ten (since a couple of months ago), knows and correctly identifies colours such as red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple and shapes such as circle, star, square, triangle etc. I am not using this to boast but to illustrate examples where, if I had focused on what he could do rather than what he couldn't I would have been so much happier.
