Mark
Our daughter is our only child. She is 15 months old.
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Keep a close eye on her! There are lots of lizards about, sometimes dropping out of the trees right next to you. The currents around the island can be quite strong -- be careful in the water. For all of you, take care for sea lice. Wear two piece bathing suits and make sure you shower in warm soapy water, your suit too, immediately after getting out of the water. The nicer hotels (I stayed at the El Presidente) will put bottled water in your room every day -- use it. Make sure you keep her slathered with sun screen. Just use good common sense and keep her hand in yours at all times. (And be sure to eat at the Mission while you're there -- the best food and coconut ice cream on the island -- yum!!) Have a fun and safe trip -- I can't wait to go back myself. :)
Tips: Stay at the El Presidente resort hotel -- fabulous! Eat at the Mission. Eat coconut ice cream whenever you see it on the menu. There's a little bakery on a side street next to the downtown market area, towards the airport -- check it out! Don't park in the red zones!! If you do get sea lice bites, rub and squeeze a fresh lime on them. Buy some real vanilla to take home for baking. Buy your kahlua to take home from the airport duty free shop.
Keep a close eye on her! There are lots of lizards about, sometimes dropping out of the trees right next to you. The currents around the island can be quite strong -- be careful in the water. For all of you, take care for sea lice. Wear two piece bathing suits and make sure you shower in warm soapy water, your suit too, immediately after getting out of the water. The nicer hotels (I stayed at the El Presidente) will put bottled water in your room every day -- use it. Make sure you keep her slathered with sun screen. Just use good common sense and keep her hand in yours at all times. (And be sure to eat at the Mission while you're there -- the best food and coconut ice cream on the island -- yum!!) Have a fun and safe trip -- I can't wait to go back myself. :)
Tips: Stay at the El Presidente resort hotel -- fabulous! Eat at the Mission. Eat coconut ice cream whenever you see it on the menu. There's a little bakery on a side street next to the downtown market area, towards the airport -- check it out! Don't park in the red zones!! If you do get sea lice bites, rub and squeeze a fresh lime on them. Buy some real vanilla to take home for baking. Buy your kahlua to take home from the airport duty free shop.
Why do some parents allow their children to still ride the strollers and the pacifiers well over the age of 4?
Java Jive
They are not babies anymore. why do people still baby their chilren when they are toddlers?
Attitudes need to be checked at the door, just asking a question!
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Strollers are fine, they are a means to keep a child in order when you're trying to get stuff done at the mall or whereever, espcially when you have more than one kid to keep an eye on. To me, it's no different from letting a kid ride inside a shopping cart while in the mall.
I have mixed feelings on pacifiers. My 8 month old has been off hers since she was 6 months old but now she sucks her thumb. The pacifier could have been thrown into the garbage any time, but I can't DO that with her thumb, so the doctor says just to wait it out and that she'll most likely outgrow it.
When you're in public though and see an older kid with a soother stuck in their mouth, don't be too quick to judge. I've learned that some autistic children, and kids with other developmental challenges, benefit from the comfort a soother can give when they're in a potentially uncomfortable situation (out at the mall, lots of people around, out of their "comfort" zone at home). HOWEVER, it drives me nuts when I KNOW there is nothing wrong with a kid and their mother lets them travel around with a soother stuck in their mouth, especially when you watch the kid drop it in the dirt then pick it up and pop it back in their mouth. YUCK. They're supposed to be a "soother", used when a child is crying and inconsolable, NOT for a kid to be running around with. They can interfere with speech development as well, from what I've read, if a child has a dependance on one for too long. Think about it, how the heck is a kid supposed to learn to say words if they've got a soother stuck in their mouth?
I think, barring any developmental challenges where a child may NEED to have a soother, they should be got rid of by the time a child is a year old. They are great for infants who need to develop the sucking reflex, but after 6 months or so, there really is no reason for a child to have one.
Strollers are fine, they are a means to keep a child in order when you're trying to get stuff done at the mall or whereever, espcially when you have more than one kid to keep an eye on. To me, it's no different from letting a kid ride inside a shopping cart while in the mall.
I have mixed feelings on pacifiers. My 8 month old has been off hers since she was 6 months old but now she sucks her thumb. The pacifier could have been thrown into the garbage any time, but I can't DO that with her thumb, so the doctor says just to wait it out and that she'll most likely outgrow it.
When you're in public though and see an older kid with a soother stuck in their mouth, don't be too quick to judge. I've learned that some autistic children, and kids with other developmental challenges, benefit from the comfort a soother can give when they're in a potentially uncomfortable situation (out at the mall, lots of people around, out of their "comfort" zone at home). HOWEVER, it drives me nuts when I KNOW there is nothing wrong with a kid and their mother lets them travel around with a soother stuck in their mouth, especially when you watch the kid drop it in the dirt then pick it up and pop it back in their mouth. YUCK. They're supposed to be a "soother", used when a child is crying and inconsolable, NOT for a kid to be running around with. They can interfere with speech development as well, from what I've read, if a child has a dependance on one for too long. Think about it, how the heck is a kid supposed to learn to say words if they've got a soother stuck in their mouth?
I think, barring any developmental challenges where a child may NEED to have a soother, they should be got rid of by the time a child is a year old. They are great for infants who need to develop the sucking reflex, but after 6 months or so, there really is no reason for a child to have one.
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