Nothing drives a parent crazier than charts on developmental milestones. The What to Expect books are chock-full of charts saying what your child should be able to do, will probably be able to do and may even be able to do at all the different months of age. While information is good, this also causes parents to freak out when their children brings their hands together spontaneously at six weeks rather than four. It also causes them to declare their child a genius when she flips her head from side to side at five days old rather than three weeks (yes, that was Alyson!) And of course obsess over whether or not they have achieved something. Did she actually smile in response to my smile? I am not sure. Maybe it was just gas. It was probably gas.
At our last pediatrician appointment I asked the doctor what we should be looking for over the next month and he said, 'for her to act more like a person.' I thought that was the best answer. Screw the books I say. We just need to let little Alyson become Alyson.
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