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February 08, 2005
My little Glacier
When Gus is ONLY walking, I will really miss his crawling. Not only is it one of the last visible signs of babyhood to leave, it is one of the cutest.
Ok, we've all seen crawling, but have you seen my little Glacier?
When Gus gets going, he often gets 'things' caught under his belly or between his knees, dragging said 'things' across the room with him.
Sometimes it's a Lego; perhaps a wooden block; or one of Zeppo's toys. Whatever it is, it is often surprising and delighting to see what he's brought along.
This won't happen when Gus is walking. I'll miss finding the remnants in random places.
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Gus is still struggling to be healthy. He woke up several times in the middle of the night. We all need some sleep. Come on, spring!
Last night I attended my first of five Unitarian Universalist parenting classes. It's a forum for parents to come and talk about how we can live the values and principles of UU in our everyday lives.
Wow. Listening to parents talk about dealing with older kids and talking about issues and lessons that are taught made me feel like I want to be completely prepared for every scenario possible (There is precident for this feeling... I am a notorious planner for all types of negative and positive scenarios, have been for as long as I can remember. Some might call me a fatalist. I'd like to call myself prepared!)
There were some interesting questions to consider... and all of the nuances and interpretations you can bring to them.
How do you show that it is okay to disagree with others?
How/when/where do you encourage independence of judgement?
How do you encourage respect for life?
How do you deal with the concept of absolute truth? What is truth?
I felt like I could linger on each question for hours...days...years...eons. It was an excellent way to give myself space to think about the issues, to think about how I want to parent, rather than being reactionary to the next developmental milestone.
One thing that was said that I really found interesting was this: "I think it's okay for each parent to have their own way of disciplining and their own beliefs, because they're different people."
I can't even respond to the questions right now. I'm still chewing.
Posted by janna at February 8, 2005 10:23 PM