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Amy Wilson's avatar

Emma, I love that this chart was helpful for you too! It originally came from the YOUR FIVE YEAR OLD/ YOUR SIX YEAR OLD book series from Louise Bates Ames. Parts of those books are quite dated but that disequilibrium chart is spot on. Even if the milestones are off, that spiral is for real. And I still say kids take turns!

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Bradley Krzysztow's avatar

“I began to wonder if she was stuck there permanently.” 😂

Trust me, as a parent of a 14-year old, that coil shape doesn’t go away. It elongates/thins (whatever word for the disequilibrium portion decreases 😂), but there’s still definite time periods, not just single instances, of disequilibrium.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Don't worry, all of this only appears as a problem because you are currently on your own wobbly half of the year. (This thing does not end at age 5! Trust me, I know.)

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Joe Ryan's avatar

How thoughtful they plan for their disequilibrium at different times rather than going through it together. How rough would that be?

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

She has quite the arm! Lolol.

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