The other day a friend who works in a nursery told me about a conversation she had with a father of one of the children in her group. He mentioned that he was worried about his latest addition to the family (6 month old baby
girl) who was "falling behind" in her development because she wasn't as interactive as other babies in the ante-natal group.
To me this is all wrong - how can a 6-month old baby be behind for lack of interactivity. Obviously I wasn't part of the conversation so I'll give this particular father the benefit of a doubt - perhaps he was just curious to hear my friend's opinion. However I am quite concerned about the level of benchmarking that I am experiencing as a new father (and it's only been 5 months). Depending on who you talk to (midwives, GP, nurses, family, other ... read more >>
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