Have you ever kept a growth record for your child? In photo form or text form. I have done it all. Before I had children, I wrote nearly 600 pregnancy preparation records. I also kept writing growth records for Dabao when he was less than 1 year old. It was a combination of pictu

Have you ever kept a growth record for your child? In photo form or text form. I have done it all. Before I had children, I wrote nearly 600 pregnancy preparation records. I also kept writing growth records for Dabao when he was less than 1 year old. It was a combination of pictures and text. At that time, it was often recommended to the picture and text section of Sina Parenting. .

But gradually, I finally gave up. I didn’t insist on writing. The only thing I did was take pictures. I kept improving my photography and took a variety of photos of children. Fortunately, it was also a kind of record, without pause. Record.

After seeing "You and Shuangshuang", I began to re-examine the way I record my children, and whether I should also pick up the text method. I have memorized some of them one after another, but such a thick book like the author's from 2013 to 2020 still gave me a new understanding of growth records.

htmlThe children's words and every detail in daily life in 2008 are the encouragement given by parents to their children's desire to grow, the tolerance of parents for their children's independent will, and the flow of love and affection between parents and children. There is humor in the book. , there is romance, sadness, laughter and tears, everything you want.

How many 8 years can you get along with your children, but the first 8 years are the most precious.

The author of this book is Chen Xiaoqi. She is not only an English and French translator, but also a senior children's book lover and the planner, promoter and publisher of the series of works by French children's book master Dulay. Because of her unique identity and being the mother of Youyou and Shuangshuang's two children, the 8-year growth record "Youyou and Shuangshuang" we see today was created.

"I am Dad" with a sense of presence

The book "You and Shuangshuang" was written by my mother, so where is dad? Dad is in the preface, during those 8 years. The editor of the book asked him to write this preface because he is the father, but he put it off for so long that he didn't know how to write it, so much so that his mother, Chen Xiaoqi, was ready to forget it. But my father, who had a strong sense of presence, suddenly burst out with inspiration and began to write the preface to "You and Shuangshuang".

's father's identity is also special. He was originally an editor. He used to write the content of other books. It is the first time that he writes something for his two sons and Shuangshuang. This is a special thing in itself. Of course, compared to mom’s 8-year record, dad’s preface is nothing, but how could dad be absent from the child’s growth?

In the works of his father, the author Chen Xiaoqi was once a girl who had nothing to do with love. However, when she fell in love and got married, she naturally thought of having children. After giving birth to one, it was not enough, and she had to have another two. It seems that both of these names are very random names, but it is this ordinary existence that makes this book simple and meaningful.

And this father was able to write such a preface because he had spent ten years with his children.

Yes, "I am dad", he didn't just show his presence.

8 years is a long time, but 8 years is very short.

8 years is a long time, but 8 years is very short. In the growth of children, there are many children’s words and many firsts, and as parents, we accompany them to experience this. everything. Children allow us as adults to re-see the world in children's eyes. Children are similar to children. No matter in the past, present or future, we were all children. Of course, he and Shuangshuang were happy again, and the seemingly natural growth and daily life were all recorded by his mother.

For example, when it rained for the first time, my mother said: Run! Those who ran into the unit door did not forget to turn around and say goodbye to the rain.

For example, the story of Mother Cow is divided into parts 1, 2, and 3, as well as extras. These are all cute children's words. Because he asked his mother again why she was his mother, and her answer was because he was the child of whose milk he drank. The author just wanted to instill the truth that "if you have milk, you are a mother", but then he also said that he also has a mother cow. It’s really ridiculous, but it’s not unreasonable.

What was more interesting was that he missed Mother Cow again, and even shed tears, so he asked her mother to help him write a letter to Mother Cow. I don’t know how my mother, who helped me write the letter, felt. She probably had mixed emotions.

But when it came to the goat milk tablets, my mother didn’t know how to say that this was a “goat milk tablet”. Fortunately, he added, "She must have traded her milk tablets with those of the mother goat next door for goat milk tablets." This reason was clever and reasonable, so that the mother's white lie was not exposed.

For white lies like this, I think the author must have said a lot more. Many times, as mothers, we really have to rack our brains for a long time to give our children a good explanation for the hundreds of thousands of whys.

In addition to these children's words, this book also has many small illustrations. Starting from the cover "You and Shuangshuang" is written with a purple marker, the small illustrations inside are also all kinds of usual graffiti. The author is really a caring mother, which I have to admire. This is also the direction we as mothers want to learn from. It is much easier to record the growth record of

in a day, a month, or a year, but it is really admirable to record it for a full eight years. So if we really want to write a growth record for our children, just start writing, taking pictures, and drawing. It’s never too late to start, and the most valuable thing is persistence.

Children grow up quickly. The few words we write are for them and for ourselves, because their growth also witnesses our company.

makes the time we spend with our children every day more beautiful and becomes a beautiful memory in the future.