Something I Have Been Thinking About

The Snail’s Trail made a post recently about how we make ourselves to be perfect on our blogs and yet we really are not. That is part of the reason I am starting to share some of my son’s pictures because he does not care what others think yet and captures more of our real life. I have a really, REALLY hard time posting pictures of me because half the time I don’t brush my hair if I am not leaving the house. Also, I have a really hard time posting pictures of my house. When I see pictures of other peoples house’s they are always perfect. Mine, well lets say it is truly a fixer upper and since having a toddler I find my house is hardly ever picked up except for right before I go to bed. But then when we wake up it is like a bomb goes off and there is stuff everywhere!

The hardest thing for me, since I follow several preschool homeschooling blogs, is that there kid’s always seem smarter or more normal then mine. I know every kid develops differently but sometimes it is hard when you don’t get to see that there are tons of kids out there like yours.

Basically, I just need to vent and then to remind myself sure my son may not talk well and it is causing the typical learning to get behind like shapes, colors, counting and so forth but he can use his mouse on his computer and play Dora all by himself, he knows how to use his camera and take beautiful photos (well I might be biased on the beautiful part :) ), he can already cut a piece of paper in half, and cook his own eggs (with supervision of course :) )

His speech just gets to me sometimes. I have a friend with a son one month younger then wingnutand she will be talking about him and say he said this or that and I seriously go “he says that? A kid Wingnuts age can say that?” Wingnut is just at the two year level in his speech and he will be three in may. He still does not say Mommy and he only has about 50 words max in his vocabulary. When he turns three the pediatrician whats his to go to a speech therapist. Honestly, I can’t wait. The main reason is because I want to know what my son thinks. I always have to guess that he likes something or wants something or that something is wrong.

Oh dear this got long winded and into many subjects so I will just leave it here :)

 

Filed under: General, WingNut

Comments

  1. Kris says:

    I think it’s easy to miss the imperfections with what people post on blogs, but I’m sure everything will work out for the best with Wingnut. He’s got a great mom, which is the most important thing!

  2. Pixie says:

    i agree with Kris, Wingnut has a great mom, and he is gonna turn out great! All kids learn and develop at their own pace, just because he isnt falling into the place that the health care system thinks he should doesnt mean he wont get there and be just fine. I personally know he will :) but i can understand your frustrations. And there is nothing to be ashamed of about a messy house, messy just means lived in and enjoyed :)

  3. Robin says:

    I can definitely relate to your frustration. My boy didn’t start talking until April, and he turns 3 in a couple of weeks. We actually did speech therapy for about a year before that, too. But it was like a switch– when he started talking, all sorts of words started coming out– like he was storing them up all that time! I have no doubt that Wingnut will burst into speech soon enough. :)

    You seem like you are offering a wonderful, supportive environment with lots of great opportunities for him (I can’t believe you let him help cook eggs– that is awesome!). So maybe he’s behind in some areas, but he’s definitely ahead of the curve in others.

    Ugh. Don’t even talk to me about a messy house! :P

  4. Nicole says:

    *hugs* I don’t have any special wisdom here, but please know that I tend to worry that Pita Pocket’s inability to learn colors so far means that he’s tons behind, blah blah blah and I KNOW BETTER after having done this mama gig 4 times now! Kids definately have their own time table and develop differently. But it can be hard to remember when you’re reading a blog that features a 14-month-old who writes opera and just won the nobel prize, kwim? ;) Those kind of blogs can send *anyone* to crazy town!

    For the record, I still can’t walk through my craft room because of all the junk piled in it, and our living room is only clean the 11 or so hours that the littles are in bed.

  5. Jessica says:

    I’m no parenting expert [and far from having children of my own], but I think waht is most important is that you are constantly engaging him in multiple ways, letting him explore and stimulating different parts of his brain. We can [indavertantly] promote a pretty narrowly prescribed definition for ‘normal’ and ‘progress’ and for all that blogs are lovely, they sometimes also create comparisons that actually make our lives more difficult! But I’m sreu Wingnut’s speech and vocabulary is prepping for development in its own way, and that when it takes off it will really take off!

  6. Melissa says:

    I can totally relate to the messy house situation. Its amazing how quickly everything can get messed up and I don’t have a toddler (or any children, for that matter) who contribute to the mess. Its just me and my husband :)

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