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| Bruce Sallan |
One ‘myth’ I find to be entirely true is how coddled the
first baby can be. With Mason, I was so careful. I sterilized everything. I baby
proofed everything. If he had a slight
fever or cough, we were at the doctor’s. I was paranoid I was going to mess up my
little human being. I was one of 'those' helicopter parents, buzzing around trying to save the day every time.
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| Mason's mess |
Thankfully, reality set in quickly. In perfect time, before I had two little monsters running around. Along came Sebastian. This kid gives me a run for my money, and sanity, daily. (It’s a good thing I figured out perfection isn’t necessary.) He empties cupboards, tips over boxes and tries to go head first over the couch. My favourite recent dose of Sebastian chaos was when he hung from his high chair tray chin up style just yesterday.
Sebastian isn’t ‘babied’ as much as Mason was. Trying to
reverse the helicopter parenting we started is difficult. We’ve taught him to assess
if he’s actually hurt after a fall, or if he spills some water, it’s not the
end of the world. It will dry.
These were difficult lessons to learn. Here are seven more myths of perfect parenting from psychcentral.com for you to check out. Don't fall victim to them!
Having two busy boys, I've had to keep up…and I’m still running! More chaos to come...
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