Recently people asked me why Ee Rynn is such a confident and jovial child. Initially, I said God bless her well.
Coming to think about it, it's the routine and structure I have set up for her since early age.
Some of the routine and structure I have done are:
1. Meal time
2. Bath time
3. Sleeping
4. Planning for weekends
5. Communicating on what comes next in each day
I have started routine n structure for her as early as 6 months old. Now, I have my second child, I started routine even earlier at 2 months old. This is because I see routine and structure has benefited EeRynn.
Basically, I set up routine for meal, bath and sleeping time at the same hour everyday. If exception occurs, I will communicate about the changes.
These are some benefit I observed that has help her grow :
1. She knows what to expect. By knowing what to expect, it minimizes uncertainty. This gives her a sense of security. As a result, she is confident to maneuver herself in the schedule. Eg. If it's a sleeping time, she decides and chooses her pajamas, story book and who to put her to bed.
2. She is independence. Knowing what comes next each day allowing her to manage it well. In a long run, I see EeRynn feels competence in her daily routine because she sense she has master the routine.
3. Routine and structure has help her understand my expectation. EeRynn knew when she needs to wakes up, when to sleep, when to take shower and what not to do in the house. So far, she has demonstrate consistency in her daily routine. Because of this consistency, it minimize power struggle. It's manageable even she throw tantrums because there's consistency in expectation.
4. She has good self esteem. The predictability in routine and structure allows her to master every routine. This leads to feeling good about herself knowing she can manage each routine / situation and self esteem is the result.
I am glad that I learnt about setting up routine and structure for EeRynn when she was young. Now, I am reaping and enjoying the result.
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