Your Child's Accomplishments

Your child's life will be full of milestones.  Starting to crawl.  First steps.  Walking.  Running.  Talking.  Using the potty.  First words.  The list goes on and on.  In addition to the achievements themselves what is equally important, as I learned from my wife, is  how you celebrate them.  Get excited.  Be happy.  When your child learns that he or she is doing something correctly it will reinforce the action or habit.  It will make them proud of their accomplishment and want to repeat them over and over.  And that is exactly what you want - them to be proud.  You want them to learn that whatever activity or habit they did is good and it should be continued.  You may feel a bit silly, I know I do, when I over-exaggerate and get excited about the little things but your child is happy.  And their smile and sense of accomplishment is well worth it.  And let's be honest here, you will do many many things with your children that will make you feel silly but that will make them happy.  Their accomplishments are your accomplishments and you should all celebrate together.