just to let you know

Milly Mops is 0.5 !

Seeing our daughter Milly growing up is a true pleasure. Above this though, it's such a constant reminder to me what fabolous and gifted beings all of us are. Within a span of 6 months Milly learned so much already and there seems to be a major 'development milestone' every week. Last week, for example, she easily passed a toy from the left to the right hand several times. Even more surprising if you consider that Sal and me had no involvement in this evolutionary step. Milly also recognises the times when we're singing to her and she changes the tone pitch of her voice - she's singing with us ! This also reminded me again of the fact that there are so many ways besides language how you can communicate with another being. Over the course of the last 100 years we have developed telephone, fax, email and video conferences. But have we really explored these non-verbal avenues of communication well enough, I sometimes ask myself ?

Unfortunately -as in all other walks of life- there are people who just have to take matters that little step further: I've heard about so-called courses or instructions to teach a sign language to your baby - so you are able to communicate even earlier with your child. To me this is absolute rubbish and something that can only stem from over-excited parents who can' t wait until they can launch their kids onto the educational race.

We live in such a highly stimulative world. Language is only but one of the big tasks that a child has to master - and in our case it'll even be two.

Milly will be 6 months old this coming weekend. Happy Half-Birthday, Maus !

Posted by Michael at February 19, 2004 12:56 AM