tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15766662.post1437424060692037473..comments2023-05-28T07:59:23.224-07:00Comments on across the gypsy flat road: on smiles, Erickson, and traveling circuses. circi, Brian would say.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175187905212028267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15766662.post-84225951997467424442008-07-22T19:35:00.000-07:002008-07-22T19:35:00.000-07:00As for Asher, I think this is where the pick your ...As for Asher, I think this is where the pick your battles thing comes into play. You have to decide what behavior is acceptable and what isn't. And let the rest sliiiiide. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I see parents - dads are often more guilty of this than moms - getting very worked up over something their child is doing and I find myself thinking, honestly who cares if they want to wear their shoes on the wrong feet? Or put stickers on their arms, or something else inane. <BR/><BR/>The bummer is that sometimes you pick a battle and then realize halfway in that you should have left it alone...but you have to carry the battle to its completion and win, because the parent must always win the battle once it is begun. Those are some of my suckiest memories from Shep's toddlerhood. <BR/><BR/>I am with you about the babywise. I did it but I could not let itty bittys cry. I comforted them, just my first response was not for the comfort to be from milk. Usually a paci and a cuddle was what they really needed.<BR/><BR/>PS - don't newborns seem easy to you now? What was the big fat deal the first time?? Toddlers - man. There's the rub.Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264845015930907294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15766662.post-22419076030175559052008-07-22T12:03:00.000-07:002008-07-22T12:03:00.000-07:00Food for thought. I like your idea about Silas' s...Food for thought. I like your idea about Silas' stage of learning to trust you. That makes the first confusing weeks of infanthood make more sense. We tried Babywise and eventually eased into it more, but I wasn't concerned that it took six months for her to FINALLY sleep through the night consistently because I was more concerned that she would feel safe and cared-for when she woke in the middle of the night. She's old enough to self-soothe when she wakes now and usually just talks to herself for a couple of minutes before slipping back into sleep, but back then she would scream and sound so small and scared. That's hard for a new mommy to take.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755406094939522956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15766662.post-86332087315091150032008-07-22T05:47:00.000-07:002008-07-22T05:47:00.000-07:00Andrew smiled at me on my birhtday whe he was 23 d...Andrew smiled at me on my birhtday whe he was 23 days old. He repeated his smile to his Grandpa that afternoon and was smiling regularly after that. So, I am with you on the "it wasn't gas" thing. :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920139418524671401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15766662.post-19194987081205617162008-07-22T00:03:00.000-07:002008-07-22T00:03:00.000-07:00I love how you love your boys! I love that you tak...I love how you love your boys! I love that you take time to notice what we learned in school and find fascination in it still! you are on of the coolest people I know and I love that Asher and Silas will get to know you too! How did the Circus go?aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442679388735065125noreply@blogger.com