Welcome to my life. As a newish stay-at-home mom, I'm trying to figure out what my life is about. I know I'm a wife and mother, but who am I? This blog is my forum to find out and my therapy...
Am I stupid and taking crazy risks with my child or am I just a chilled out and relaxed mom? Today I let Lilly (who is 13 months old) have a butter knife while eating her dinner. She loves to copy us and use utensils while eating. She beat the knife on her tray and my mom almost couldn't be in the same room. She was so worried that Lilly would poke her eye out.
Personally, I don't see much of a difference between a butter knife and a spoon. Yeah, the butter knife is heaver but it's not like it's sharp or anything. Am I wrong here? Maybe I take too many risks with Lilly. I tend to sit back and watch her explore. I'm not the type that hovers around so that she doesn't accidental bump her head. I let her bump her head because it's the only way she will learn about her environment. But maybe I'm wrong here with the butter knife.
So, I took the knife away and gave her a fork. Then my mom really freaked out. What can a fork hurt? Lilly was so excited and promptly stabbed her chicken. Maybe that's the potential problem. Maybe she could stab herself. She'd probably only do it once. But of course I don't want her to do any permanent damage - especially not when I gave it to her!
posted by Avorie @ 6:12 PM,
2 Comments:
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At 11:26 AM,
Amanda and Tim said...
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Hey, if you're happy letting her use the utensils then I say go with it - you know your daughter well enough to know if it's "safe" or not - let's be fair - kids of that age hurt themselves all the time - it's part of learning and most the time they make a fuss for 5 seconds and then forget about it anyway!
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At 10:56 PM,
Sara said...
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I really don't think you are stupid. My daughter is in a Montessori program and they encourage kids to use as many real tools as possible. This is done with supervision of course, but when you give them your trust, it shows them that they are capable. With our daughter, we encourage her to use her utensils for her food, but a little noise is just fine, especially when it leads them toward independence.
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