Child Development Made Simple – Where did it all begin ? My start on the fantastic journey is that parenting began 12 years ago, at 5:05 early on a Sunday morning.  Actually the journey began two weeks late, someone was obviously too comfortable where they were.  However, when he/she decided to make an appearance, he/she didn’t hang about.  Three and a half hours from start to finish.

Some of you may be thinking why I use the term ‘he/she’ ?  Well, as a couple Jayne and I decided we wanted the baby’s sex to be a surprise.  So at 5:05 a.m. master Luke made his long awaited appearance, much to his mother’s relief.  Weighing in at 8lbs and 10 ounces and announcing his arrival with a hearty cry, something which he was going to practice on a regular basis.

Joining his elder sister, by 4 years, we looked forward to the future.  That future will prove to have its ups and downs, successes and set backs, we here we are some 12 years on, having survived through them all.  Here is a little picture of him, deep in thought during a soccer tournament.

Being a determined parent, I had great thoughts on how my little bundle of noise was going to grow up and how I would help him along the way.  But the question is ‘Where do I start ?’.  From a personal view, this took quite a lot of thought.  Then I suppose I had that Eureka moment, corny as it may sound.  I would look back over my own childhood, as much as I could remember, and then look at what I would do differently.  As I sat and thought about it, I try to think about all the things that I thought my own parents didn’t do well and then try not to make the same mistakes.  Don’t get me wrong here, that is not meant to be a criticism, as such, as they were probably doing the best they could given their circumstances.  I simply mean that we can all improve on our own experiences.

So this blog is intended to share some of my experiences and hopefully you will find it of some use, even if it is just to say ‘I wouldn’t have done it that way’. Which is good, as it means that it has given you something to think about.  I will over time discuss some of the material we found along the way and give you some pointers.  We don’t profess to be experts in this field, just regular parents with a few years under our belts, still learning along the way and our efforts to have our Child Development Made Simple.

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