My son is the parent I want to be ...

[beckoes]

hes learnt how to be such a good parent from somewhere ....but so many times i think that parents feel they are here to teach thier children and show them the way, but our littlies have just as much to teach us and if we just stopped and listened we would learn so much more from them! i will try to do the same a little more too!

[Sopdet]

Kaz - I've seen you with William and he's learnt it from you!!!!!!

[onthefly]

Yeah, duffa, where do you think he got it from?
He's a great big brother from the sound of things. DD just adores DS too and only he can soothe her when she cries in the car.

[Kazbah]

What I'm trying to say isn't that I feel inadequate - but rather that my son isn't afraid to act on his instincts. As an adult, I, and my husband, feel silly doing the same thing in silly voices. DS1 plays "ring a ring a rosy" with DS2 and flops his head on the baby's belly. This has DS2 in gales of laughter - and it's something that would never occur to me.

Our not-as-little-as-we-think babies can teach us so much about interacting with our younger babies.

[onthefly]

Ah yes, that's so true!