My son is my oldest child, so the general rule is that is the experimental child, right? As a new parent you really have no clue what you are doing, you just slog through it and hopefully are willing to learn as you go.
He was colicky and allergic in his infancy, I did the best I could but really I had no clue. He was held and loved and rocked and we just kept moving forward. He had the greatest imagination from the time he could utter sounds. He became obsessed with cowboys and horses. He learned his first words from John Wayne movies, not always the best first words to say!
When he was just 3 the well baby clinic wanted me to have him tested. They thought he was behind in his cognitive skills. Well I want to be a good mom, so off we