It’s over 6 months since I left my nephew Jesse. I have been thinking about him lately and that’s because very soon I’ll be seeing him and most importantly, he is turning one year old this month! That little guy was just about 5-6 months old when I left him and now he is going to be a year old.
Children grow really fast. Or should I say time moves so fast once a child is born. Because it takes so long when they are still in their mother's womb but the moment they are born, they grow so fast that no matter how much you see them daily, you still see the growth.
Jesse was really adorable as a baby and now that he is has become a toddler, he looks even cuter with his temporary teeth coming out. Some months back his mom sent me a video of him and I remember watching that video a lot of times because I was just so attracted to his cute smile.
As a child, Jesse has always been a smiler. He always chooses to smile rather than cry unless he is really hungry or feeling sleepy or having a discomfort. It is hard to play with him and not see him smile. Well, as he grew older, he started crying more frequently because he started yearning for more attention and because of that we became really close because I play so much with him.
As a child, Jesse has always been a good observer. He is quite curious about everything around him as most children are. He can just lie down and watch things as they work around him. I’m very sure right now he has learnt different things that he is just waiting to grow so he can start practicing those things and that brings me to my little advice/reminder to our parents. Let’s always remember that our children are watching us and any other person we leave them with.
They seem like they are not learning anything right now and that’s because they are still developing themselves to get to that point when they can start doing what they see around them. Most times we underestimate how fast and how much they can learn as babies that we do just anything in front of them which shouldn’t be.
I know sometimes as parents we are worried of leaving our children somewhere that we are not because we are worried of them hurting themselves so we always put them in places where they can see us and we can see them too which is good but then we should be weary of the things we do as they watch us because they are learning. They are silent learners and you can only know how much they’ve learnt when they are older.
We call them copy cats because they almost replicate the things they see or hear. And that’s because they are still learning, so every information or activity they are exposed to are the things that forms their own actions and some of their behaviors as they grow up.
Someone once said, as parents you have to have three eyes, lol. The third one is the wisdom to help your children breakdown and build up what they are learning and have learnt. Just like the liver in the human body.
Thank you for reading through. 💜