nipper
26-06-2012, 01:46 PM
By this I mean, with me in close support (on way down from naptime).
I have a 19 month old mindee who hasn't got the foggiest how to come downstairs either backwards or on her bottom. Every time I turn her around, she starts climbing up. She lives in a three story house, so mum said she can do it but when she is here we could spend hours on the stairs. I suspect mum is carrying her to save time. I know I taught my own children to come down backwards at first and then this turned into coming down on their bottoms when they got a little bit better. Is it in our remit to teach mindees how to come down the stairs or do we only do it if parents are ready and happy for us to do this?
I have a 19 month old mindee who hasn't got the foggiest how to come downstairs either backwards or on her bottom. Every time I turn her around, she starts climbing up. She lives in a three story house, so mum said she can do it but when she is here we could spend hours on the stairs. I suspect mum is carrying her to save time. I know I taught my own children to come down backwards at first and then this turned into coming down on their bottoms when they got a little bit better. Is it in our remit to teach mindees how to come down the stairs or do we only do it if parents are ready and happy for us to do this?