tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303450485932523725.post4168507233845170693..comments2023-10-11T04:59:12.766-07:00Comments on A Friendly Home: Montessori at home - how does this work??Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807549835143586427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303450485932523725.post-71483413975484195922011-06-03T11:17:27.114-07:002011-06-03T11:17:27.114-07:00Kara,
Thanks! Yes, I'm sure a plan for only on...Kara,<br />Thanks! Yes, I'm sure a plan for only one child would help, as well as a domestic staff. I was just so surprised to read that high chairs and swings inhibit development! It seems to me that by watching me make dinner and playing with some of the ingredients, she'd be learning something at least as important as the motor skills she gets to work on *anyway.* And as tempting as it is sometimes to say, "You're being a pill, go sit in your swing and let me get something done," the days of her being lulled to sleep by her swing in seconds flat are several months gone. For those times when she is happy to sit in her swing and play with a toy while I sweep, I say THANK GOD. She's also sometimes happy to play in her playpen, which is another Montessori no-no, but which I use because it's softer than even a mat on the floor and she's more comfortable in it.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, the Montessori site said nothing about reading to her. Weird. She's definitely old enough for nursery rhymes, and she even pays attention as long as the pictures are pretty and the pages keep turning fast enough.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807549835143586427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303450485932523725.post-45953481569836943462011-06-03T10:37:55.043-07:002011-06-03T10:37:55.043-07:00First rule of Mommy-ing: don't stress.
I went ...First rule of Mommy-ing: don't stress.<br />I went through the same thing, devouring the books for infant Montessori programs, stressing about all the little things I was doing wrong. Then I realized that those books were written for families that only intended to have one child grow up to the ubermensch.<br />Practically, life doesn't work that way, unless you can afford to hire someone to do everything for you that doesn't involve staring at an infant all day.<br />Babies and mamas both need some time where they are not actively interacting with each other. I found that the actual Montessori stuff doesn't really work til baby is two. Til then, exploring her environment, being around you when you work, talking to her, reading to her, all that stuff you're probably already doing? Yeah, that's what she really needs right now. <br />Soon, she'll be read for some more active, hands-on stuff. Til then, relax. You're doing just fine.Kara H.noreply@blogger.com