Understanding children's behaviours

[Charlottesmummacollective]

Do you sometimes worry if your child's behaviours are normal, that they are becoming more challenging as they get older?

Asking yourself why are they doing that?

I've started this thread to open up the discussion about children's behaviour, come on over, let's have a chat about it.😁

I am constantly anxious about my baby (7months old) behaviour and it's doing me no good. Babies and young children can do plenty of things that seem wierd to adults.

They don't think "ooh I'd better not do that, people will think I'm weird".

My DS3 went through a stage of talking in a squeaky voice whenever we had visitors. He's stopped now, but DH and I were a bit at that.

DS2 seems to put everything in his mouth except food. He will salivate like he wants the food but not bring any to his mouth. Happy to be spoon fed though. My reasonable side says not to worry, he's only 7months. The crazy, anxiety-ridden side if me worries constantly about it, amongst other things.

Hey there
I bet it isn't you any good at all bless you. Is there anything specific I can help you with?

Don't they you're like wtf is that all about I have no idea?? Something I've learnt over my years of working with children is to step back and observe these weird behaviours. Sometimes what we first thought was strange often then appears to make sense, along with knowing a bit more about children's development in particular something called schemas.

They have no filter lol in actions or what they say 😄

Yep, everything in their mouth is very usual for babies exploring. With the eating, a few things could be their just not ready for the next stage, follow their lead there's no right or wrong age. Do they still thrust their tongue out every time you touch the spoon to their lips? They may need a little more time. It’s really hard for them to eat when they keep shoving their tongue out of their mouth! Or they just don't like the texture or how the food feels in their mouth, it can take time for them to get used to it.

This boils down to the way their brains are processing the sensory input they feel i.e the food in their mouth

I hope this helps ❤