My wife and I are probably in the top echelon when it comes to relaxed parents. Of course, at first, we were on alert for much of the time but we had both done our fair share of reading up before lil man came so we didn't get too stressed out. I think that helped alot.
Now it's to the point where our 17 month old is as adventurous as a 4 year old it seems. He has this knack for falling. 99% of the time he can get his hands down for a nice save. The hard part is slowing other parents from reacting to his falls. If another parent shows too much concern, he feeds off it and begins crying. If we ask him calmly if he's ok, he usually gets up and wipes himself off and goes back to doing whatever impossible thing he was trying to do in the first place...
Keeping others relaxed
My wife and I are probably in the top echelon when it comes to relaxed parents. Of course, at first, we were on alert for much of the time but we had both done our fair share of reading up before lil man came so we didn't get too stressed out. I think that helped alot.
Now it's to the point where our 17 month old is as adventurous as a 4 year old it seems. He has this knack for falling. 99% of the time he can get his hands down for a nice save. The hard part is slowing other parents from reacting to his falls. If another parent shows too much concern, he feeds off it and begins crying. If we ask him calmly if he's ok, he usually gets up and wipes himself off and goes back to doing whatever impossible thing he was trying to do in the first place...