Lani is walking really well now, she carries things with her and is generally growing at a rate that shocks me. She now gets her shoes from the front door as she understands that means she can go outside - but has learnt the art of tantrums when we say we aren't going out. She can say about 23 words now - i'm not sure if other people would understand them but they are words!
I've been trying to remember Kayne at this age but i can't. That makes me sad; the thought that when they grow you lose their former selves but i suppose new people grow in thier place and with them grow new challenges and delights.
It's half term, Kayne is alot easier to deal with this week, not so difficult, or so easily 'set-off'. It's horrible to see him when he gets upset. It's not just crying...he looks like he is falling apart at that moment - like someone has taken the foor from underneath him. His face shows sheer disbelief. His fingers go into his mouth -which is his sign of anxiousness- and he emits a awful noise. He just stands stock still and freezes.
We had parents evening the other day. Mrs M didn't say anything really that good about him, which was annoying... maybe she figured that if she said he was doing well in something i'd want to know what they were going to do next?
.....Anyway She said:
She was worried about his -fine motor control- mainly because he refuses to colour in,
That he will not do some of his teacher led activities.... This confuses me..
I always thought of Kayne as someone who conforms, he will 99% of the time obey what we tell him and don't have many problems. I do notice he manages to talk around other people - My parents, Mark's parents other people we have contact with. He is so able linguistly that it's easy to be won over by his reasons and explianations if you aren't one step ahead all the time. It's so easy to switch off to the endless talking and then say yes to something you haven't been paying attention too.
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She worried about him coloring in the lines? Is that what she meant? If so, that is funny. Coloring in the lines. How classic. ha!
At his age, I wouldn't worry much about coloring or following each teacher led activity. Could be he's too smart for the activity. Do you like doing things below your level of intelligence? Could be the same for your son.
Gifted children are master manipulators. I don't mean that in a bad way. But they are. That's why before drawing any lines, I make sure it's really worth drawing or else I'm faced with the debate from Payton.
yes it was about colouring in between the lines, and she wasn't satisified with the fact that he had done this around 2 and had progressed to drawing pictures.
I know that it is because he is too smart for the activity, an idle mind seems to lead to mild hyperactivity (or incessant eating) in Kayne, i'm sure this is what she is seeing in him yet she refuses to understand this.
Manipulators! hell yeah! It means I'm constantly checking myself - is this worth arguing about? why am i insisting on this? it's easy to get into a debate that takes longer to solve than what you are debating about.
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