Baby & kid

[jendaviswilson]

I think Spencer has been dying of thirst his entire life, and I never knew. I've started offering water at mealtimes, and he is SO INTO IT. Sippy, bottle, open cup, whatever. He wants a drink every few bites. Jack tends to chug his milk at one go and then not drink at all while he eats. I tried to give Spencer a sippy with water in it to drink

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[digitalemur]

I'm gobsmacked. I've never _heard_ of a kid who had that kind of navigational sense that early. Wow!

I mean, I'm sure I knew some of that stuff by that age, because I spent so much time in the car with mom when she ran errands, but....

[orichalcum]

I remember being shocked by Mac doing something similar at that age - he identified the hotel where his grandpa had stayed after being there once, and knew it on every subsequent trip, for instance. I wonder if it has something to do with the kinds of memory absorption going on at that age - that for older kids and adults that sort of knowledge just drops out amidst all the other input, but for a little kid it gets locked into longterm memory?

We did classes with Mac at Gold Star; they are pretty good though with the longer classes they do give kids choice during breaks of either watching a video or doing an arts project. Mac loved the classes, though. :)

My one complaint with sleep training (probably true for both Ferber and related methods) is that you have to redo it periodically; I really wish there was a permanent method that outlasted disruptions or changes in environment.

[stolen_tea]

Wow. That is some impressive navigation.

[julianyap]

Jack sounds like he has a better navigational sense than I do.

[jendaviswilson]

My mental maps are more like London tube maps. I navigate by landmark, not by geography. Which is why I am so impressed.