Test Your Baby. Rachel Federman
and toddler through toddlerhood, and child through childhood. If you can slow down enough to meaningfully engage with your baby, which I hope this book helps you to do, then you’re ready to run your own victory lap.
The bright side of the endless fatigue of the early months of parenting is that when you’re up at 5am every day you really make the most of the mornings. And the mid-mornings. And the late mornings. And the early afternoons. And the fact that an hour seems to go by . . . so . . . incredibly . . . slowly. Enjoy these Zen moments. Babies keep you tethered to the present – there’s really no other choice! There’s no time for daydreaming while staring out of the window or dwelling on the past. You’re lucky if you can find a moment to snap a picture for a baby book. Let’s find out what life is like with your whiz-kid in training right now. It’s hard to imagine, but as plodding as it now feels, it will all go by in a blur.
1. When it comes to your daily schedule, does your baby prefer:
2. Which part of your baby book was hardest to fill out?
3. In which position does your baby most like to be held?
4. How does your baby indicate she no longer wants to be held?
5. Using the Volcanic Explosivity Index developed in 1982 (adapted for your child), when do eruptions tend to be greatest?