5 Life Lessons I Learned From My 5-Month-Old Baby

My daughter is five months old today.

Since she was born, I have observed her for hours and have been amazed. She is already a great master.

Here are five lessons I learned from her to improve myself.

Lesson 1: repeat relentlessly

All babies have a lot to learn.

Basically, they are born without knowing anything, and they have to acquire all the knowledge and skills.

So how do they do that?

They repeat the same actions again and again. They do the same things for hours, days, and weeks until they succeed.

Takeaway: mastery comes from repetition.

Lesson 2: love yourself

Around four months old, when babies see themselves in the mirror, they smile and sometimes laugh.

They seem happy to see their own image as if they show themselves some love.

I tried it myself. I looked into the mirror and smiled at myself. It was incredible. It felt so good.

You have to try it!

It may feel a bit weird, but trust me, it’s worth it. And self-love starts with tiny things such as smiling at your own image.

Takeaway: to feel good, you have to love yourself.

Lesson 3: be brave

My baby girl goes to the nursery, and as any parent knows, it means she gets sick all the time.

Runny nose, coughs, and whatnot.

The impressive thing about it is that she copes with all this with a smile, with grace.

Of course, you can tell that it bothers her. But she stays composed and gentle.

This is the attitude that allows you to go forward, no matter what. To stay kind when we hurt (see below).

Takeaway: Because obstacles and pain are intrinsic to life, we should embrace them. We should learn how to dance with them. With grace.

Lesson 4: be kind

When she meets someone, in just a few seconds, she smiles.

When she sees that we are not well, she seems to understand and stays calm and patient, as if she understood that we can’t take care of her as we would.

Show kindness to people who care about you and to people you don’t know.

Think about when people show kindness to you, even if they don’t know you. How does that make you feel?

Make other people feel the same.

Takeaway: kindness is often perceived as a weakness, but it is a strength that helps make the world a better place.

Lesson 5: be okay with failure

Let’s be real, babies suck at most things. They just know how to get milk out of a bottle or breast.

They have to face a lot of challenges every single day, every minute they are awake.

So they have to be fine with failing. And start over ten, hundred times.

When we learn something new, we are all babies. We might fail, and that’s okay.

We have to embrace that and see it as a step towards mastery. Because failure is just a sign that you are on the path to learning something new.

Takeaway: failure is an integral part of learning and we should look for it instead of avoid it.

I love babies.

They show us the world from a very different perspective, and they can teach us so many things. They are brave, motivated, resilient, and persistent.

We were all babies at the start, but at some point, we forgot about it.

But I believe that we still have all those great qualities in us. They have be altered or forgotten because of our experiences, social conditioning, or the direct influence of relatives.

Let’s find back the baby in us, revive those remarkable qualities and achieve our dreams!