I've just come back from a 2 week holiday with DS, and its really brought it home to me how much he has grown up. He's just finished Reception, and will be 6 in October. His recent report was great - he's doing well at school and having fun and has made some good friends friends - so there are no real educational/developmental concerns. He is also a real little poppet (his younger sister is known at home as the Queen of Mean, so it all evens itself out!)
But he's become a boy. He fiddles with everything all the time. He's getting a bit impulsive, and clumsy. He's extremely inquisitive - in a very intelligent but very tiring way. He's very sassy with his responses - sometimes very funnily so, other times borderline inappropriate.
My parenting to date has been focussed on - well, how to clean the umbilical stump and weaning and sleeping through the night and gymboree and potato printing and play doh. I need some new resources...
Anyone want to give me any advice on how to move on to this next stage...?
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A long time ago all I wanted was an ickle baby - but now I've got a nearly 6 year old boy, and I need some new parenting techniques: Cod, GDG, Steven Biddulph - anyone with boys please come and advise me
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Anchovy · 30/07/2007 13:11
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