"Don't rush me!"

"I'll get my own food!"

It never ceases to amaze me how much toddler's just have no sense or care of time. It's literally just not on their radar, and nothing you say or do is going to change that for them. I read recently in a child-developmental magazine how it's important not to rush the morning routine of a toddler. They simply need time to doddle around with their pajamas on, and messed up bedhead, while sipping their bottle and mellowing out. This morning was no exception. I allowed Teo all of the above and an episode of Curious George, and he still wasn't ready to get dressed after an hour. I decided to let him be a participant in the clothes-picking out routine and he seemed to take great pride in that, and bribes of a trip to Toys 'R Us didn't hurt either!  



Morning routine, petting Gus & drinking his bottle



Copying his 2 dogs

"Honey, I said you're hat, not your underwear.."

I suppose it's not such a bad thing to have no concept of time, Tom and I have had a chance to experience this lately as we both don't have cell phones with us, and neither of us wear watches anymore. When we're out, we just enjoy our time together and don't feel the rush to get to our next appointment. It's quite freeing to not feel like time has to run all, or that we have time allotments for every single activity of the day. Just simply living and breathing in the day is good enough for a toddler and should be good enough for me too. He doesn't feel any anxiety, or a tug to perform or arrive on time, he just has to be Teo, how beautiful is that?!