Trust Your Child

Read this on another site today. It is something I try to remember about Wylie everyday but sometimes I wonder if I need to trust myself to know the same things about myself.

Trust that they know when they are not hungry.--I do trust him on this one.
Trust when they are.--I need to be ready with food when he is.
Trust that they will eat just fine some day.--I've been told if they have a balanced diet by the end of the week I'm doing just fine. 
Trust that they might not--Be ready for the days when healthy means they ate a single piece of fruit or veg.
Trust that they will sleep when tired.--Wylie doesn't trust himself on this one yet...
Trust that they will rise when they are done sleeping.
Trust when they have had a bad dream.
Trust when the blankets aren’t just so.--I must not keep trying to tuck him back in!
Trust that they truly cannot go back to sleep.
Trust that they’ve had enough.
Trust when they haven’t.
Trust when their harsh words mean something more.--The phrase "I hear you" has become second nature
Trust when their harsh words are just words.
Trust that they love when they hate.--It hurts when he says "I hate you" but a wise woman once told me a child who is confident in his love from his parents will take that chance to say what he feels truly.
Trust that they hate when they love.--DISAGREE
Trust the process for making up.
Trust that they will make up.
Trust that they can work it out on their own.--Sometimes I move away from Wylie when he's busy doing something so he doesn't rely on me being right there to help because he will figure it out on his own. 
Trust them.
Trust their hearts.
Trust their strength.
Trust their nice hands.
Trust their mean words.
Trust their friendships.
Trust their bonds to you.
Trust that they do get it.--Wylie regularly shocks me with how much he has absorbed!
Trust that they understand.--He unfortunately does understand too much and when we read about extinction or sadness or climatic change he gets it and then needs to learn more in order to be confident that all is well with the world. 
Trust that they do not understand.
Trust that this too shall pass.--At the end of the day I will always love him. Always and Forever.
Trust that this too shall escalate to something else.
Trust that there will always be another phase.--Just when I think I figured it out. 
Trust when they say no.
Trust when they say uh-uh.--Why does it always make my heart race and freak me out?
Trust when they giggle.--Wylie does this in his sleep.
Trust when they say they can do it.
Trust when they say they need help.
Trust when yes means no.
Trust when no means yes.
Trust when they say they love you.
Trust when they say they hate you.
Trust when they say nothing at all.
Trust when their faces say everything.
Trust when their faces say nothing.
Trust when times get tough.
Trust that times will get tough.--He is amazing but no one is perfect.
Trust when times turn wonderful.
Trust that they will be wonderful.
Trust that love is enough.
Trust that love isn’t enough.
Trust your heart.
Trust your Yeses.--Ice cream on a hot day, lego store on a whim, adventures and backyard play, even though we should be doing laundry, or some other chore. 
Trust your Nos.--Standing tall against wanting to give him everything and do everything for him. 
Trust yourself.
Trust your kids.
Trust that there will be another day to get it right.-- But I know once I think I have it right I will continually doubt something else about him and in the end I can only try to steer him down a good path.

Yet again just my thoughts on life with Wylie and life as a mom who is constantly wondering if she's doing it right or wrong or could be doing it better.