Playing with kids - not a child's play

No inhibitions, no shyness, my  kid's innocent sweet smile is what matters to me the most  for which i have started involving in so many activities that i never imagined i would ever do.

It's all about how much time that we spend with our kids that matters. The more time you spend with them, more you would understand them and better manage them.

since I have a son, it would be easier for me to use a male gender in writing.

Our responsibility doesn't end when we put him in the best school or creche or a child care center or hire a full time maid/help/aayah. I feel either of the parents should be at home looking after the child. they might not be able to express but they miss us very much, very very much. It's an equal responsibility of his father also to spend some time with the kid, eat with him, sleep with him, play with him, talk with him which would be possible only when you think like a child, be in his shoes, learn what he is interested in and play many little silly games that usually a child plays like push and pull bike racing, making paper crafts, coloring, drawing, crawling like a baby and many more.

Don't always just try to control him, always think from his perspective. Don't think as a parent, first think as a child, think what would you do if you were in his place? why is he stubborn? what does he need? what is he achieving at the end? try to read his mind as far as possible, respect his feelings, yeah seriously we should respect their feelings  and believe me it will be so much easier than earlier to manage him. It's always better to convince rather than control them. Hitting a child is the worst thing that any parent should do. It will only make them more rigid, arrogant and stubborn but not ease the situation in any way. Usually many kids tend to be mischievous and intolerable to seek our attention.

It was at that time when my child was around 1 year we complained to our doctor that he is not eating well these days, she asked us who feeds the baby? I said my wife feeds him and I and my mother will be next to them to handle the situation when he is refusing to eat. The doctor said because there are too many people around him, he is enjoying your attention, he is not eating well. I was surprised to hear that and we changed the scenario from the next day.  my wife feeds him and in spite of crying neither I nor my mother went to them and after a couple of days he started eating well.

I learned that it needs a lot of patience for both the parents in bringing up the child. if you love your child, please spend time with them, they deserve it.