Lately, Ryker has seemed to grow up before our eyes very quickly. Every time I turn around, he's doing something new and becoming more and more independent. He's now buckling his seat belt by himself consistently. This is extremely helpful. I no longer have to climb all the way into the back of the van to buckle him in...makes me happy! He's also started unloading the dishwasher and putting away all the silverware every day.
He loves to doodle and draw pictures. Most of his artwork now includes random numbers and letters. He's obviously not spelling anything out, but he's writing his letters really well and practicing. In fact, just last week, he made up a game he named "Find the Numbers". He wrote down several letters and mixed in some numbers. He wanted to take it to school so they could play it. They couldn't fit it in on the first day, but we took it later that week and he played with one of his teachers and a few classmates. Mrs. Steele was impressed with his idea and loved that he was having fun learning. I loved it too! (It's not always easy to get him to do his homework or work on letters, numbers, etc.)
Biggest news, however, is that he's no longer wearing a Pull Up or diaper during nap or even at night!!!!! He told us a few weeks ago that he didn't want to wear a diaper to bed. He seemed quite insistent and I definitely didn't want to discourage him, so we allowed it. He woke up once in the night and went to the bathroom. He woke up dry! He's been doing REALLY well with it. He will start to dribble a bit sometimes and it will wake him up. He doesn't get the sheets wet or anything, just needs to change his pants. He's had a few accidents, but has been doing soooo well. We are so proud of him. With his encopresis I really thought we had a LOOOONG road ahead of us, but it looks like we are heading in the right direction.
With Ryker's last year of preschool essentially half over, the reality of him going to kindergarten next year has been on my mind a lot lately. Because he is so young for his class, the idea of having him do two years of Pre-K has always been entertained. We are leaning more and more toward sending him on to Kindergarten. All these examples reassure me that he is ready. The other part of me hates it and wants time to stop (or better yet, reverse). We haven't made a final decision by any means, but it's definitely time to really mull it over. I just want to be sure we make the best decision for Ryker and for our family. :-)
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I know what you are going through with this decision. With Chaney's birthday in June we talked and discussed this decision with teachers, friends and family. Keep praying about it until you feel at peace with a decision. You know your child better than anyone so you can get a better feel of how they will do.
ReplyDeleteOne of the hardest things we had to explain to Chaney was why Audrey and Crista went to school before her even though she is older them. She didn't understand at first but now she is totally fine with it.
In our personal thought process we didn't want to do anything with school that we though put Chaney at a disadvantage. Knowing she had a June birthday and was basically the youngest we felt like as her parents that putting her in school was probably not the best thing. We had every reason to believe she would have been fine had we put her in early.
I will say that sitting out for a year she is not struggling at all. The extra year home was more time for work on letters/numbers, personal attention time. Being an extra year older helps with homework and keeping her attention focused on things.
Full day vs half day kindergarten may help you make a decision too. Who knows. It's over whelming but I'm sure you will make the right decision. Don't get sucked into the peer pressure of his friends going or family saying go. You know what is best for him. Good luck!
PS-I know Em struggled with this decision with Sophie too. I think she went ahead and sent her and she was one of the youngest so she may have some thoughts too.