As a parent, you just want to help your child. You want to make their path easier. It starts early. Here is MacKenzie this morning. She is learning several self soothing techniques. She rubs her hair. She sucks on her hand. This is wonderful news. However, she hasn't mastered finding her thumb. She works hard at it. She puts her fist in her mouth. She even occasionally gets her thumb in her mouth as well. But it doesn't stay. Her hand/eye coordination is not what it will be some day. I try to show her and move her thumb for her. She's not interested. Even as frustrated as she gets. She's got to do it herself. This is the smallest of things, but it's probably an important lesson for me as a mom. I'm going to want to "do it for her" so many times and she'll need to do it herself. What I can do is hold her and tell her I love her while she tries. I can celebrate when she does it. It's tough to watch.
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