The Princess somewhere in between 4 and 5 learned to write her name. Very much the usual run of things. Mr C is a very visually orientated little man and he has the great plus of having a big sister to copy and learn from - hence somewhere before his 5th birthday he was writing down the whole family's names - faultlessly. Mr L often asks to write his name, but just scratches a bundle of stripes and circle. Nothing that makes sense. Another reason to worry about him. But I was pretty sure that he at least knows what his name looks like and can identify it, and maybe even more.
We have a whole lot of alphabet letters on our fridge - A use them to learn her spelling, every now and again names get "written" by C. L was casually just playing around with them when two Saturdays ago. I casually asked him to "write his name". Which to me and Hunter's joy he did, immediately and faultlessly. He also on request attempted his brothers (got the first 4 letters correct) and mine (the first 3 correct). I knew he could!
More and more so, almost every day, I get the feeling that he knows and learns so much more than we take note of. That the barriers of communicating what he knows leads to us underestimating his potential. I hope that with the help of his OT and teachers we can unlock all that hidden potential. Develop more ways to get him to show us what he can in fact do.
I know that Hunter and I will do our very best to fight for him, to develop him to his best. As we will do for all 3 our kids.
Oh Cat, you had me at the title. Such a brave boy.
ReplyDeleteThis made me have a lump in my throat. He's going to make the two of you, so proud in the future.
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Well done to him. He seems to be making a lot of big jumps lately? :-)
ReplyDeleteAh <3 Cat. I'm sure Mr L is going to keep surprising you in happy ways.
ReplyDeleteI am BEYOND excited!
ReplyDeleteI love that he's still keeping his awesomeness just a bit of a secret and delighting you at the oddest moments ;)
BEST. POST. EVER! I get sooooo excited when I read this - I know how much it means and how exciting it is when they surprise you unexpectedly.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how precious those "glimpses" are. As I said recently, I love feeling your commitment and determination through your writing. Of course most all parents have commitment and determination, but you express yourself so powerfully, it's a real pleasure and an inspiration to read.
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind dear Mandy
DeleteI can really relate to this with my Al.ex's challenges as well. Goosebumps here!! Good job Leon!!!
ReplyDeleteIt just makes your heart smile. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful. Go Leon, clever boy!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how he surprised his mama, I still laugh when I remember his "instruction" to the gas attendant.
ReplyDeleteHere's to many more pleasant surprises
You are a brave mom and you have a very brave son.
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