Thanks for helping me celebrate. It would be such a lonely road without you.
We got the email, and lots of nice comments, along with an almost universal plea for him to 'be a bit more patient and understanding that there is a whole classroom of children who need to be heard from, or drawn out.'
This is the same feedback we got when he was in daycare at age 18 months. I can date the memory because I remember the teacher explaining to me that she has 4 children to look after, and that each one should get one quarter of her attention, and that DS needs to let her do that.
At least nowadays we can have a family talk, which we did, and let the teachers know that we did. Back then I was totally flabergasted at how to help. The daycare teacher seemed to imply that there was something I was doing wrong and should change it, but I just couldn't figure out how I was going to do that.
Nowadays I'm also willing to entertain the idea that this isn't 'all my fault,' but is some kind of karmic lesson that it is his journey to figure out.
Bottom Line: He's still himself, but as he gets older he is able to modulate lots (but not all) of it, and the settings he finds himself in keep suiting him better and better.
Smmiles,
Grinity
