A brief post and slightly personal one which finds me musing on my first day back after an eventful Xmas break about what I might blog this week.
I became a father for the first time over the holidays and the last two weeks have been something of a blur to say the least (I am sure all the 'Dads' out there will be nodding and chuckling to themselves at this point!).
With the sound of baby crys and whimpers ringing in my ears as I headed back to the office, I considered how much 'feedback' I had been given by our new baby during these early days!
Nappy/Diaper changing, rocking, comforting, feeding; thoughout all of these activities, if I wasn't doing it right...I soon knew about it! A baby cries at exactly the right pitch to make you want to do something different to make it stop crying...and fast!
I became very, very fast at changing him....I changed the position, speed and method of rocking time after time, I quickly recognised when he needed feeding or comforting...or both!
This constant performance appraisal helped me to change behaviour, improve my technique, strive to be 'better' at what I was doing..
It has also given me a healthy respect and admiration to those parents who have more than one child....I can only begin to imagine what it would be like to have 360 degree feedback from 2 or 3 bundles of joy!
John
I became a father for the first time over the holidays and the last two weeks have been something of a blur to say the least (I am sure all the 'Dads' out there will be nodding and chuckling to themselves at this point!).
With the sound of baby crys and whimpers ringing in my ears as I headed back to the office, I considered how much 'feedback' I had been given by our new baby during these early days!
Nappy/Diaper changing, rocking, comforting, feeding; thoughout all of these activities, if I wasn't doing it right...I soon knew about it! A baby cries at exactly the right pitch to make you want to do something different to make it stop crying...and fast!
I became very, very fast at changing him....I changed the position, speed and method of rocking time after time, I quickly recognised when he needed feeding or comforting...or both!
This constant performance appraisal helped me to change behaviour, improve my technique, strive to be 'better' at what I was doing..
It has also given me a healthy respect and admiration to those parents who have more than one child....I can only begin to imagine what it would be like to have 360 degree feedback from 2 or 3 bundles of joy!
John
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