Simple things...

Often I find myself not allowing myself to imagine that Milo will  be able to achieve relatively typical things for a child his age.  I guess it's a sort of defensive mechanism,  I'm happy to go with the flow and if I never expect it I'll never be diasapointed when he doesn't achieve it.  The problem is though that in doing so I'm mindful that I'm also guilty of limiting  my expectations of him.  I've often found myself saying, he won't crawl for at last another 6 months yet, or he won't walk until he's 3 only for Milo to completely smash through these statements with his determination a week later! 

This week  Milo has perfected scooting his cars and buses along the hallway and into the kitchen (well actually his sisters Sylvanian families bus is his favourite!)    It's such a simple thing but I love watching him play this way like any other typical 1 year old would do. I don't know what I imagined but I suppose it involved me teaching him the skill of how to push cars whilst crawling in an attempt to aid the development of his motor skills and precicision of steering!  But no, he's taught himself because it's something he loves (He loves to 'talk' and sign about all sorts of transport) and he loves nothing better than listening to the noisy clatter of the hard plastic wheels rocketing across the cold floor.  Especially when he gives it a final push and whizzes right under the kitchen table.  He looks at me after and signs 'gone' .  Yes Milo it's gone! You are a very clever boy and I thank you for showing me the joy in such simple things!