I’m having troubles with my ‘new’ computer, so it is currently being reloaded. I intended doing a post here last night, but it was in the too hard basket. Besides, a funny thing happened. I fell to sleep with my daughter which isn’t unusual in itself, but normally I awaken not long after and get up to do some work. Last night however, I awoke spot on midnight, so you could say, I was in bed before midnight for a change, but it wasn’t my bed. So, I actually got up at midnight, but 1/2 hr was all I could cope with.

I want to chat about labelling tonight and not the kind that you sew onto articles of clothing. I’ve never liked the term ‘terrible two’s. It just, to me, feels like we are putting children in a box before they’ve been out in the world and there’s an expectation for that behaviour, so our kids probably take it on board in a subliminal way and display what is expected of them at different ages.

Charlotte didn’t go through the ‘terrible two’s’ or threes or fours for that matter. She just had and has challenging and non challenging behaviour with every age. Labelling will take place all too soon in a childs life, so they surely don’t need to hear these labels from the people they need to trust the most. (more…)