Comments on: Perfect Parents Can’t Exist http://jay-photo.com/blog/2005/01/23/perfect-parents-cant-exist/ Reflections on life, work and everything in between Mon, 10 May 2010 23:57:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dave http://jay-photo.com/blog/2005/01/23/perfect-parents-cant-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dave Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:11:12 +0000 http://jay-photo.com/blog/?p=99#comment-3 Fortunately for me, Chloe is at an age where all sorts of things can be distractions. I can't remember when that happened. Sending her on treasure hunts is good- "Where's your blankie?" "Where's your milk cup?" "Where's dolly?" Sometimes it backfires, with a slightly anxious child returning to your knee saying wistfully "blankie!" "milk!" or "dolly!" because the item was a little hard to find (like when it's on a different floor). Something more age-appropriate for Shula might be a full box of kleenex or a squeezable ketchup bottle with an open top. :-) Fortunately for me, Chloe is at an age where all sorts of things can be distractions. I can’t remember when that happened. Sending her on treasure hunts is good- “Where’s your blankie?” “Where’s your milk cup?” “Where’s dolly?” Sometimes it backfires, with a slightly anxious child returning to your knee saying wistfully “blankie!” “milk!” or “dolly!” because the item was a little hard to find (like when it’s on a different floor).

Something more age-appropriate for Shula might be a full box of kleenex or a squeezable ketchup bottle with an open top. :-)

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