Children can teach us so many things. Even babies.
Amina started sitting when she turned 6 months old. Before that she used to roll on her play mat, looking out for things within her grasp, and of course put them in her mouth. I would help her with certain tasks like sitting. I would sit her up for few minutes with cushions around her for support. This continued for few weeks till one day, she was able to sit for few seconds without any support! Oh the joy of seeing your child achieve something! Then one morning when she got up from her sleep, she didn’t just roll on the bed like she normally would. She just sat up. Yes, that’s right! She sat up as soon as she got up. Whenever I placed her down to play she would immediately sit up and look around happily.
She then moved on to the next stage. Standing. I placed
a small table and chair in her room. She would crawl towards the table, hold on to it's legs and lift herself up a few inches before letting go. She
would then move towards the chair, hold on to that and lift herself up.
She kept doing this till she was able to stand by herself. I still
remember the smile that spread on her face the day she let go of her
support and stood.
It just amazes me to see all these developments within a short span of time. Alhamdulillah she now can walk a few steps and has also learnt to climb down from the bed. She never gets tired of learning new things. No ‘Ah, its boring’ or ‘How long will this take? I am done with this’. She just keeps going on, repeating the same action, till she reaches a stage she is satisfied with. There is no stopping her and she keeps us on our toes!
And as I observe her there are few things I have learnt from her. There have been times in the past where I would take up something to learn. But just within a few days I would get all worked up that things weren’t going well and I would get frustrated…and just quit. I was quite hard on myself and truthfully I still am. And though I’ve always heard that practice makes perfect I didn’t really take it to heart till I saw a living example in my daughter. So this is the lesson I take home with me- Always try out new things. Keep practicing it. Keep repeating it till you get it right. Again and again. As you learn you are bound to make mistakes. Embrace them. Learn from them. Don’t try to avoid them. There will be times you will want to quit and give up. But don’t. There was a reason why you started it in the first place. Remember that reason. Write it down if you will. And keep going back. Practice makes perfect.
It just amazes me to see all these developments within a short span of time. Alhamdulillah she now can walk a few steps and has also learnt to climb down from the bed. She never gets tired of learning new things. No ‘Ah, its boring’ or ‘How long will this take? I am done with this’. She just keeps going on, repeating the same action, till she reaches a stage she is satisfied with. There is no stopping her and she keeps us on our toes!
And as I observe her there are few things I have learnt from her. There have been times in the past where I would take up something to learn. But just within a few days I would get all worked up that things weren’t going well and I would get frustrated…and just quit. I was quite hard on myself and truthfully I still am. And though I’ve always heard that practice makes perfect I didn’t really take it to heart till I saw a living example in my daughter. So this is the lesson I take home with me- Always try out new things. Keep practicing it. Keep repeating it till you get it right. Again and again. As you learn you are bound to make mistakes. Embrace them. Learn from them. Don’t try to avoid them. There will be times you will want to quit and give up. But don’t. There was a reason why you started it in the first place. Remember that reason. Write it down if you will. And keep going back. Practice makes perfect.
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