Parenting hack 
Always drink coffee, tea or any other hot beverage in a travel mug when you’re with your little people! I had to learn this one the hard way 
… When Syntia was about 6 months old a cup of coffee (that had just been reheated) got bumped over on the table and the coffee ran from the table, across the breastfeeding pillow, unto Syntia’s back. Once it happens, it goes so quickly, you can’t stop, it’s already too late. She’d been asleep and woke up screaming. We acted Fast to remove the wet clothing and support her and her skin. Luckily in our case there were no blisters or any other signs of physical repercussions, but it’s an event that could have been avoided altogether. These are the type of things we don’t hear about often, but are more common than we think. No one likes to share their mistakes, especially if it involved someone else getting hurt – myself included. But it’s through sharing our lessons learnt, no matter how painful, that we can prevent another from repeating our mistakes. I am 1 vote for creating a world where communicating in vulnerability and intimacy is the norm, a world where fear of judgment, gossip or social shunning doesn’t even come up in us, and so doesn’t hold us back from sharing our trials and successes with one another, to the benefit of everyone. Creating that world starts with us, in the seemingly small and ordinary moments of our everyday lives. I’ll drink to that. Will you join me? 
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Always drink coffee, tea or any other hot beverage in a travel mug when you’re with your little people! I had to learn this one the hard way … When Syntia was about 6 months old a cup of coffee (that had just been reheated) got bumped over on the table and the coffee ran from the table, across the breastfeeding pillow, unto Syntia’s back. Once it happens, it goes so quickly, you can’t stop, it’s already too late. She’d been asleep and woke up screaming. We acted Fast to remove the wet clothing and support her and her skin. Luckily in our case there were no blisters or any other signs of physical repercussions, but it’s an event that could have been avoided altogether. These are the type of things we don’t hear about often, but are more common than we think. No one likes to share their mistakes, especially if it involved someone else getting hurt – myself included. But it’s through sharing our lessons learnt, no matter how painful, that we can prevent another from repeating our mistakes. I am 1 vote for creating a world where communicating in vulnerability and intimacy is the norm, a world where fear of judgment, gossip or social shunning doesn’t even come up in us, and so doesn’t hold us back from sharing our trials and successes with one another, to the benefit of everyone. Creating that world starts with us, in the seemingly small and ordinary moments of our everyday lives. I’ll drink to that. Will you join me? .
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![Cesar gave Syntia his train tracks about a year ago, and before they were hers, she would play with them together with Cesar. She's had a ton of time to learn the different pieces, how to put them together and build a track, but for some reason, she DID NOT want to build a track by herself and most of all preferred to just watch as someone else built the track for her.
Lj and I knew she was perfectly capable of building a track for herself and we tried to support her to start small and show herself that she can do it. Or that we'd be here if she gets stuck, but she can at least try on her own. Any such attempts, however, were met with an absolute and firm refusal. So, we did it with her, or for her.
We started wondering, is this little girl really just taking advantage of us at this point? Are we entertaining this too much? Should we push harder? We knew she could do it, she knew she could do it, but for some reason she just didn't want to do it, at least, not yet.
And then one day, out of the blue, she takes out her blocks and starts building a track... by herself. Lj quietly waived me over, pointing at her, then signing 'shhht', lol - didn't want to disturb the moment. The track you see in the pic is the first one she built by herself. It wasn't a "beginner's" track like a simple circle or a straight line, it was a more intricate design laid out exactly and precisely how she wanted it to be, including all the elements she wanted to have as a part of it. Kabam, out of the blue.
There are other things where Syntia 'took her sweet time', like learning how to walk and potty training, where it was clear at some point that she was able to do it, but for some reason, pulled back or didn't want to do it all by herself just yet. It's so easy as parents to freak out over that, to think that children should develop skills in a particular way, like 'starting small' or doing something by yourself as soon as you're able to. But not all kids are the same in this. [Continued in comments..]](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/135216034_868657797266702_107582540258970761_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=5qvWorAaQU0AX_Qrjn2&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfBfLnLqnc_Rg3uprr_1ex9XhutQf0kt2ieu89_7Lu9oxA&oe=64803712)
