Comments on: Baby Manipulator http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/ elevating child care Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:32:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/comment-page-1/#comment-53909 janet Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:21:28 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=39#comment-53909 Aww, thank you, Lindsay! Aww, thank you, Lindsay!

]]> By: lindsay http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/comment-page-1/#comment-53863 lindsay Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=39#comment-53863 your daughter is a lucky young woman, janet. your daughter is a lucky young woman, janet.

]]> By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/comment-page-1/#comment-13848 janet Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:35:04 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=39#comment-13848 Thanks, Aunt Annie! The driving just seemed so pointless to me. Plus, none of my babies were ever able to "transfer" from the car without waking up. We'll be taking our singed pancake off to college in a couple of days. She's truly an amazing girl...has blown me away with her innate wisdom, taught me so much about life and love. Thanks, Aunt Annie! The driving just seemed so pointless to me. Plus, none of my babies were ever able to “transfer” from the car without waking up.

We’ll be taking our singed pancake off to college in a couple of days. She’s truly an amazing girl…has blown me away with her innate wisdom, taught me so much about life and love.

]]> By: Aunt Annie's Childcare http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/comment-page-1/#comment-13784 Aunt Annie's Childcare Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:00:25 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=39#comment-13784 Oh, Janet- you've given me such a wonderful laugh. 'You always burn the first pancake!' Hysterical! And I'll put my hand up for driving my son all the way across town regularly out of sheer desperation. If I'd only known then what I know now...!!! Oh, Janet- you’ve given me such a wonderful laugh. ‘You always burn the first pancake!’ Hysterical!

And I’ll put my hand up for driving my son all the way across town regularly out of sheer desperation. If I’d only known then what I know now…!!!

]]> By: Julia Masi http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/comment-page-1/#comment-2495 Julia Masi Mon, 24 May 2010 00:14:12 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=39#comment-2495 I also speak to infants as if they are adults. I sometimes ask them questions. Their body language broadcasts their answers. I don't have kids of my own but I do work with children. It is quite evident that children are taking in information and looking for ways to communicate long before they articulate their first word. In observing infants it seems that they know by the tone of our voices if we are having a pleasant phone conversation or talking to a bill collector. I think of the time before a child forms words as a silent stage of processing the information about the physical and emotional world around them. I also speak to infants as if they are adults. I sometimes ask them questions. Their body language broadcasts their answers. I don’t have kids of my own but I do work with children. It is quite evident that children are taking in information and looking for ways to communicate long before they articulate their first word.

In observing infants it seems that they know by the tone of our voices if we are having a pleasant phone conversation or talking to a bill collector. I think of the time before a child forms words as a silent stage of processing the information about the physical and emotional world around them.

]]> By: Vaguely Worried http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/baby-manipulator-burning-the-first-pancake/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Vaguely Worried Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:08:02 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=39#comment-22 Great advice! It's remarkable what babies understand just by the tone of your voice and your attitude towards them. And as they grow older and learn a few words, I think it becomes a matter of not speaking 'down' to them. It always makes me cringe when a dentist or doctor feels he must do a slapstick or song-and-dance routine to distract my son in order to perform a simple check-up. How insulting. My boy knows full well why he's in the office and what's going to occur -- because I respect him enough to explain before the visit! Happily, my boy is too polite to roll his eyes and ask the doc to just get on with it. Unfortunately, I'm not... And there was the time a nurse waved a colorful stuffed animal high in the air to distract my 4-year old so the doctor could sneak up on him with a hypodermic... Ahhh! Suffice to say that ended our relationship with that particular office. Thanks for this fabulous blog, Janet. There is so much common sense truth in everything you write. I'm looking forward to more. And more. And more. Great advice! It’s remarkable what babies understand just by the tone of your voice and your attitude towards them. And as they grow older and learn a few words, I think it becomes a matter of not speaking ‘down’ to them. It always makes me cringe when a dentist or doctor feels he must do a slapstick or song-and-dance routine to distract my son in order to perform a simple check-up. How insulting. My boy knows full well why he’s in the office and what’s going to occur — because I respect him enough to explain before the visit! Happily, my boy is too polite to roll his eyes and ask the doc to just get on with it. Unfortunately, I’m not… And there was the time a nurse waved a colorful stuffed animal high in the air to distract my 4-year old so the doctor could sneak up on him with a hypodermic… Ahhh! Suffice to say that ended our relationship with that particular office.

Thanks for this fabulous blog, Janet. There is so much common sense truth in everything you write. I’m looking forward to more. And more. And more.

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