Test Your Baby. Rachel Federman

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СКАЧАТЬ your baby’s skills so much as hoping to offer some insight into what areas might particularly engage her. Is she a genius? Of course! Every child is born a genius. And there’s really nothing you need to do to improve that potential but take care of your precious bundle of never-ending needs and give it lots of love, even as you complain daily about the incredible demands of parenting. Most important for the purpose of these tests, please supervise your little one at all times. Only you know what your baby is and is not capable of; please don’t put him in any situation that is not developmentally appropriate, and please don’t take silly ideas as serious suggestions (no hot and spicy aloo tikki for your six-month-old, for example).

      Try to resist the pressure to race your baby through babyhood, and toddler through toddlerhood, and child through childhood. If you can slow down enough to meaningfully engage with your baby, which I hope this book helps you to do, then you’re ready to run your own victory lap.

Chapter One

       Everyday with Your Baby

      The bright side of the endless fatigue of the early months of parenting is that when you’re up at 5am every day you really make the most of the mornings. And the mid-mornings. And the late mornings. And the early afternoons. And the fact that an hour seems to go by . . . so . . . incredibly . . . slowly. Enjoy these Zen moments. Babies keep you tethered to the present – there’s really no other choice! There’s no time for daydreaming while staring out of the window or dwelling on the past. You’re lucky if you can find a moment to snap a picture for a baby book. Let’s find out what life is like with your whiz-kid in training right now. It’s hard to imagine, but as plodding as it now feels, it will all go by in a blur.

      1. When it comes to your daily schedule, does your baby prefer:

      

Sticking to a routine?

      

      

      

      

      2. Which part of your baby book was hardest to fill out?

      

The first time he sat up (he never sits still for long enough)

      

      

      

      

      3. In which position does your baby most like to be held?

      

The rugby ball

      

      

      

      

      4. How does your baby indicate she no longer wants to be held?

      

Whine

      

      

      

      

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