K said last week that he had been practicing saying “girl” instead of “girlluh” because “girlluh” wasn’t right. Sometimes these little things just break my heart. Or at least bend it a little.
He is very particular about how he says things. Lately I have also noticed him practicing the “th” sound. He enunciates it very carefully.
Why does it break/bend my heart? I think because I extrapolate. He likes to do things right. He always has. He didn’t walk until the later end of the scale, I think because he wanted to do it right– he didn’t want to try and fall (fail). Now he will be going to this new preschool. It’s going to be a big huge adjustment for him. Firstly, he is sensitive and shy. Secondly, because he likes so much to do things right. And, as with any new thing, he might falter a little in this new setting – - or perceive that he’s faltering. Then he gets that look, you know, the look in your child’s eye that says, “I’m scared. I don’t know what to do and I’m scared.”
That look breaks my heart.
