The stereotype of boys developing more quickly in the kinesthetic sense while girls are more cognitively advanced is rather true for my kids. Jayna often gets frustrated because her physical ability cannot keep up with her understanding of the world.
One fantastic thing about Jayna is that she learns quickly. Here are some examples:
1) She already knows that the reflection in the glass is not the real thing since she'll turn back to look at me when I wave to her in the mirror. Until more than a year old, Joash was still thinking that there was another baby in the mirror and he tried to befriend 'him'.
2) She needs only one session of discipline to know what not to touch. After that, I only need to call her name sternly or say "no, no" and she'll stop her approach towards the forbidden. In fact, this morning, Jayna was moving to touch a cable when she suddenly stopped midway and looked at me. When I shook my head, she smiled and moved on to explore something else. She actually remembered not to touch it without any reminders! Joash needed quite a while to get it in the past.
3) I saw Jayna banged two toys together and I thought she would be ready to understand the concept of clapping her hands. After just one demonstration. she picked it up immediately and can now clap on demand. It took Joash 2 months of toy-banging to master the applause. Watch the video below to see her in action.
One fantastic thing about Jayna is that she learns quickly. Here are some examples:
1) She already knows that the reflection in the glass is not the real thing since she'll turn back to look at me when I wave to her in the mirror. Until more than a year old, Joash was still thinking that there was another baby in the mirror and he tried to befriend 'him'.
2) She needs only one session of discipline to know what not to touch. After that, I only need to call her name sternly or say "no, no" and she'll stop her approach towards the forbidden. In fact, this morning, Jayna was moving to touch a cable when she suddenly stopped midway and looked at me. When I shook my head, she smiled and moved on to explore something else. She actually remembered not to touch it without any reminders! Joash needed quite a while to get it in the past.
3) I saw Jayna banged two toys together and I thought she would be ready to understand the concept of clapping her hands. After just one demonstration. she picked it up immediately and can now clap on demand. It took Joash 2 months of toy-banging to master the applause. Watch the video below to see her in action.
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