Sirens, bells and alarms just work! Have you had the chance to observe a one-year-old recently ? Or maybe you remember that age when kids are just about to walk by themselves and they try all sorts of techniques to satisfy their thirst for mobility ? Crawling on their belly, jumping ahead from a sitting position, pulling
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“Loooooooooolaaa!!!! My god, Looooooooolaaaaaaaaaa?!!! Loooollaaaaa, but WHEREISSHE?!!!”  Given how much my friend and I were opening our eyes and lifting our eyebrows, it was pretty obvious to this young mother that no, we certainly had no idea where Lola was. Or maybe we did? I vaguely remembered noticing a little girl running around some trees
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8, 10 or 12 months – the exact time when a baby truly starts discovering verticality and craves for walking varies quite a bit. Yet at a certain point, they all find the signal: raising their heads, waving their hands, grumbling… the call is clear and it means only one thing: if you’re an adult,
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Love and basic care. These are the two conditions Donald W. Winnicott identified as key success factors for a baby to develop and grow happily. A British pediatrician and psychoanalyst, Winnicott focused a great deal on childcare in the aftermath of World War II – too many orphans, challenging times for Great Britain, he found
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Did you know that it’s pretty easy to check how well babies hear and see? It obviously doesn’t take long before a baby starts following a movement or react to a voice, but that’s only an indication that their senses are alert. So how do you actually measure how fine their senses are? I can’t
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“Can you believe he was about to go out bring Thomas to his nanny and forgot the milk bottles for the day?! I mean, how can I trust him with other stuff if he forgets such a basic thing? I just HAD to stop him at the door and tell him! I know we had
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- This playing space is very limited. When they start walking, it’ll be very small for them. – Well of course, I’ll change things when they start walking, but they’re only 6 months old now, they’re not even crawling?! – Hum… and I don’t see any plastic giraffe. It’s a very good toy for babies,
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“Well I think I got a really good score coz I just love to play that game on my playstation with my son!” Silence. Followed by immediate laughters and funny looks towards Frank who just spoke – we’re in a room full of business men wearing very serious gray costumes with ties. Debriefing the results
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