Sheridan Blogs...
Sheridan Blogs...
Sheridan turned four a couple of days ago. He opted to not have a big birthday bash with oodles of friends, insisting instead that he have one little girl over, and only her, for his birthday. They had a lovely time.
His report card wasn't particularly good, since he's been stubbornly refusing to colour, however, we're getting there and he's had great success in the last few weeks and the turn around in his attitude is equally remarkable. He's still woefully under-stimulated, but he has to learn to follow even directions he doesn't find interesting. Then we can move ahead with better content for the lad. Slowly, but hopefully.
posted 4:08 PM 85864550
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Sheridan started junior kindergarten after we moved to Ontario. He's having some issues with JK, notably that he's bored and wants to come home all the time. I have written to the teacher and noticed that more complicated books are coming home with him now, and he's slowly getting to know the other kids. Part of the problem is they have all had a month and a half to get to know each other, so as the youngest, and the new kid, and the only kid who knows his whole alphabet, can read and write, and do basic math, he's feeling a little left out. I think things go too slowly for him, as well. He's really noticing the differences between himself and the other kids, but we're doing many things after school that are fun and more mentally challenging and that seems to be easing his discomfort. I'm hoping to get him playing with other kids his age at home, and some older kids, as he really misses his brother, too.
Raising a gifted child is more of a challenge than I thought, and I already knew what to expect. We need to get more resources and get him the support and challenges he needs so we don't end up with a really frustrated and cranky young man.
posted 8:08 PM 83577254
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Sheridan's continuing to enjoy his playcare situation, and his reading is so improved I'm stunned. He's reading fluently now, but still reading aloud. When he gets stuck, he asks, but otherwise wants to read to himself usually. The books he's reading are marked "age 5-9", but he's reading solidly. Any of the "is your child ready to read on his own" books are any good at all for him. He's down to reading the fineprint on all the books he has, including the "age 5-9" books.
posted 1:03 AM 79338808
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Sheridan started "school" at the end of May. He's so far really loving it. He's learning a whole bunch of very entertaining songs, and interacting with a lot of different children, which is good. The bad part is that Joshua misses him so much he dogs me all day long, just chasing me around. And I miss him. He's happy, though, and getting to play with other kids, which is important.
posted 12:21 AM 78089546
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Sheridan got a cold, gave it to Joshua. Such a sharing child! He's happy as can be about having a baby brother, though. Keeps telling us that "Joshua Baby is a cute bum!" and "Is so cute, right?" Makes me all squishy inside to see him hug his little brother, and beg to hold him. He sits there on the couch and just holds him, saying "Hi, Joshua Baby!" and Joshua BEAMS at him and oh, gracious, it's just too much cute.
posted 11:43 PM 8225892
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Sheridan is doing amazingly well adjusting to having a new little person kicking around the house. While he gets a little too close sometimes while rocking Joshua in his carseat, he is nonetheless eager to express affection for his "Joshua Baby" and to try to give him a soother, or an armful of stuffed dogs.
He has also, in the last week, gone from diapers to fully toilet trained. It seems as soon as he got the idea of what was involved, that's all it took. Today, Scott fell asleep on the couch, I was sleeping with Joshua in the bedroom and Sheridan had to go to the bathroom (bm). So he did. Marched himself over, took down the clothing, hopped up on the toilet and went.
Together with the toilet training, Sheridan has also decided that it is time for him to dress himself, thank you very much. Shirts are still a bit of a struggle, but underwear and pants and shoes and hats are just fine. Shirts, coats and socks are the troublemakers in his closet.
I'm so damn proud of that boy.
posted 7:29 PM 7206475
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I'm a terrible mother some days. Well, not to Sheridan, but to the world at large awaiting word. His growth chart and an update on my main blog. He's big, he's brilliant, he's cute. Beach photos as proof. Until next time!
posted 3:19 PM 4553180
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