Ukuthenga ukutya kunye nomncinci wakho ngokuqhelekileyo unokuziva ngathi uqhuba i-marathon. Ngoku khawucinge ngokuzenzekelayo ukuhamba ngeendlela ezihamba ngeekhilomitha ezimbini kunye nomntwana oneminyaka emi-2 ubudala. Kungenziwa, kwaye iingcali ziyavuma ukuba isenzo esilula sokuba ngaphandle komntwana wakho singakhokelela kwiintsapho ezigxininiswe ngakumbi kwaye zingaphantsi.
"Ndicinga ukuba abantu baqala abantwana ngaphandle kwexesha elide," utshilo uShanti Hodges, umseli kunye nomnini onguNgumntwana ongeyena inzuzo, e-Portland, e-Oregon, enika uluntu kunye noluntu ngaphakathi kubazali abangamawaka ekhangela ukufunda indlela yokuphuma ngaphandle nabantwana babo.
"Imvula, ilanga, iigciwane, i-tics, abantu abangaziwayo kwindlela. Zonke ukwesaba onayo kunye nosana kwaye uqhubekela phambili emikhondweni, yiloo nto esizama ukuyijikeleza."
Kodwa nini ixesha elifanelekileyo lokuzisa umntwana wakho omncinci ukuhamba? Ngokutsho kweHodges, malunga neveki ezine-lixesha lokuba uqale ukufaka ingqalelo kwixabiso lemvelo. Ngenxa yokuba uhambile "ngebanga lesine umntwana wakho wayenokuba ngumdlavuza wevidiyo."
Iingcali ziyavuma ukuba ukukhupha umntwana wakho endlwini ukuze wenze umsebenzi-ngokukodwa kule minyaka yobugcisa-kubalulekile. Enyanisweni, uphando luye lwabonisa ukuphakanyiswa kwezinga eliphezulu kwixesha leskrini linokuchasiswa ngokuba ngaphandle kunye nokungcola.
"Kucatshulwa ukuba ukuba kwindalo kubancedisa abantwana kunye nabantu abadala ukuba baphuphe ekuphelelweni kwengqondo," u-Andrea Faber Taylor, umphandi oLungileyo kunye neLebhu yeZiko leMpilo kwiYunivesithi yase-Illinois, e-Urbana-Champaign, uthe.
"Ukuba kwiindawo eziluhlaza okanye ubunjani kubonakala kunika inkxaso kubantwana kunye nabadala abakwazi ukuqondisa ingqalelo yabo, nokulawula ukuziphatha okunyanzelisayo nokucinezeleka."
I-Hike It Baby, eyaqala ngo-2003, iye yanda kwiintsapho ezingama-120 000 kwizixeko ezingama-260. Amavavolontiya angama-500 ancedisa ukulungelelanisa, ishedyuli kunye nokunyuka kwimizi yabo kwiidolophu zabo, ezixhaswa ngokubanzi ngeendaba zoluntu kunye nomlomo.
UHodges, owayenemvelaphi kwimidiya yeendaba kunye nokwakha, wathi injongo yakhe kukunceda iintsapho ziphephe ngaphandle. Kwakhona unethemba lokubona idatha eqokelelwayo isetyenziselwa ukwandisa ulwazi malunga neepaki ezincinci kwaye uncedo lichaza i-financing for parks.
Abafazi-kunye namanye amadoda-abathatha inxaxheba kunye nabantwana babo bathi bajoyina ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Abanye bazama ukulwa nokudakumba kwe-postpartum; abanye bebanzima kakhulu kunye nokusetyenziswa kweendlela zokuhlala ngaphandle kunye nosana lwakhe olusandul 'ukuzalwa, umntwana omncinci okanye umfundela.
"Ndicinga ukuba abantu bafuna uluntu, nangona bengazange bahambe," kusho u-Elizabeth Cruz-Stoughton, umkhokeli weTucson Hike It Baby, echaza isizathu sokuba iqela lasekuhlaleni likhule ngokukhawuleza kunyaka ukususela ekuqaleni. "(Hike It Baby) inikwe ngendlela engesabisayo."
U-Cruz-Stoughton wafunda ngeli qela emva kokuba sele enyana wakhe ekuqaleni kuka-2015. Sekunje umgibeli kunye nomngcipheko, wayesazi ukuba le nto iya kuba yinto entle kwintsapho yakhe.
"Le nto yinto engcono kakhulu eyenzekayo kum okanye kuthi," watsho uCroz-Stoughton, wongezelela yena nomyeni wakhe bekunzima ukufumana ubuncinane babo emva kokuzalwa komntwana. "Ndiyi-psychotherapist ngoko ndikholelwa ekufumaneni abantu ngaphandle, ngakumbi emva kokuzalwa," kusho uCroz-Stoughton.
"Ndiyazi ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukuphuma, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba kulungile kangakanani."
Ufuna ukubetha isitimela kunye nomntwana wakho okanye umntwana encinane kwi-tow? Sebenzisa ezi ngcebiso ukusuka ku-Shanti ukuqinisekisa ukuba amava akho okuhamba ngamahle ayenayo:
- Nciphise okulindelekileyo. Umgama owake wawuhamba njengomntu ongekho umzali awuyi kuba ngumgama oya ngawo ngoku nje ukuphumla kwaye ujabulele indawo.
- Ukunyuselwa kukubalulekileyo. Yiza ezininzi zokutya . Ziyinto eqinisekileyo xa umntwana wakho efuna i-coaxing encinci ukuzonwabisa.
- Yiya kunye nemidlalo. Dlala i-hide-and-seek in the path to compel you child to keep moving when out on the path. Khangela, "Ndiyazifihla," kwaye unodada emva komthi uphambili kwaye ukhangele.
- Bubbles kunye nokulawulwa kwemigca. Misa encinci ukususela ekuveliseni ukulungele ukukhala ngokunikezela izitikiti kwindlela okanye ukuvuthela. Kufanelekile ukushiya ezi zinto kwimoto yakho. Kwaye, kungcono ukhetho olungcono kunama-candy!
- Izitye kunye namatye. Abantwana abasebancinci bathanda ukuthwala izinduku kunye namatye e-hikes. Unokubetha amatye amabini kunye nokwenza umsindo; iintonga zingasetyenziselwa njengeentonga zokuhamba okanye ikrele okanye ibhola yebhola. Kukho izinto ezininzi onokuzicingela ngeentonga kunye namatye endleleni. Qinisekisa ukuba umntwana wakho ongeke aguqulwe okanye aphonse kwinqanaba lomntu.
- Qaphela izibonakaliso zokulahla. I-Toddler inxungulo iyenzeka ngokukhawuleza kwaye ingaba yingozi kakhulu, ngoko ke ukuba unayo ixesha elimangalisayo lexesha lokulala ngokukhawuleza, sondela xa ufuna. Ungesabi ukunqumla umfutshane xa uthetha ixesha elihle liza kubakho bonke.
- Cwangcisa i-naps yakho ekunyuseni. Ukukhonkxa encinci yakho encinci kumqolo wakho xa ubheqa ixesha kwaye uphume ukuhamba. Ngaloo ndlela nangona umntwana wakho ekhuni kunye ne-cranky, izinkuni ziya kuzincama kwaye i-nap iya kwenzeka ngelixa usendleleni.
- Imiba yenkampani ... ezininzi . Ngaba unomthengi oncinci, omdala, ongu-down-down-down from a friend? Kulungile, kodwa ukuba ufuna ngokwenene ukuba unomntwana ovuyayo ngaphandle kweendlela, qwa lasela ukutshala imali kumqhubi omhle . Isakhelo okanye ithambileyo, qinisekisa ukuba ngumphathiswa ofanelekileyo kwixesha kunye nobukhulu bomntwana wakho. Zama kwaye ukhumbule: Umphathiswa omhle uya kukukhusela umva wakho ngenkxaso efanelekileyo ye-lumbar.
- Hamba nabahlobo. Abantwaba bahamba kakuhle xa bepakethe. Fumana abahlobo ababini okanye abathathu ukuba baphume kunye nawe okanye ujonge amaqela afana neHike It Baby endaweni yakho.
- Yiya rhoqo. Yenza ukuhamba nokuhamba kwindawo ehlala rhoqo yobomi bentsapho yakho. Ingakumbi abantwana bayakwenza, ngakumbi bayayifisa. Ukusebenza rhoqo ngokomzimba kwindawo enkulu ngaphandle kwanjalo kugcina abantwana bephilile. Osemncinci uqala, mhlawumbi uya kukhulisa umntwana ngonomdla wendalo kunye nomsebenzi.