Advice?

Stop? He's 9 months old & will learn just by being around you and others. If he's not ready to learn something he is going to get upset. So stop trying to push his limits and respect what he is trying to tell you - he's not ready.

@Natha Agreed! My son literally didn't start crawling until about a week ago, and I had friends who's babies crawled at 5 months, clapped, babbled mama/dada, etc and I never tried to force my son to do any of these things but he eventually did in his own time - each baby has their own timeline ❤️

My best tips are: - wait until baby does an action on his own (clapping for example) then you model the behavior and say what you are doing -narrate the actions that you’re doing throughout the day (wave and say “hi”) and just let baby observe it -practice actions (clapping, waving, etc) with baby in front of a mirror but don’t push it, baby will pick it up when he’s ready

Maybe a couple tweaks to what you’re already doing: Babies are great mimics, so simplify what you do for him to try and do it all the time. Praise the heck out of that little guy when he attempts something; jigs, clapping, “wows”, “hoorays”. This encourages trying new things, not accomplishing anything. (This also sets an example when they get older and are afraid to fail.) Lessons are learned more quickly during playtime, so add it in but don’t make it the focus. Lastly, kids learn things at very different speeds. And that speed can change as they grow. You’re doing a great job, and he’ll get there in his time. There’s no pressure or stress for him and there shouldn’t be for you.❤️

Thanks for the advice. I think I definitely got into a loop of comparing. I'll stop teaching

Rather than teach, just encourage, and remember, comparing will be detrimental to your child's mental health when they're older and understand, and you don't want your child to grow up thinking they need to compare and always be better than others to be enough for you ❤️

I wouldn’t completely stop teaching that’s how babies learn, if you clap for example use your hands to move their hands to make them clap so they know that’s how you do it, their frustration means that they want to do it so bad they just don’t know how yet

Mom you don’t need to teach them anything now,, my girl is 10 +3 wks now and today she took her first independent steps ,,, we never taught her anything,, she learned all by herself,, she goes in a day care and plays with other kids ,, I believe she is picking up things from there, so if possible arrange play dates if he is not in day care,,,

@PB wait your baby is 10 weeks and walking?? Or 10 months?

Months... this is the dec 2023 group lol

@Kayla I always praise the heck out of anything my daughter does.