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I’ve been lamenting my youngest son’s first lost tooth, and thinking about milestones in general. As he and I were talking in the car tonight (about the lost tooth, of course!), I was thinking about how much progress this boy has made in just a year!
When we first began our long distance relationship with them while they were still in foster care in another state, both kids had a Southern accent so thick you could cut it with a knife! I loved it and thought it was so cute, but thought that it would be ages before they shed it, particularly my youngest, as his was the most pronounced of the two.
It’s gone. Yep, both of them have lost the accent.
Not only that, but my son has progressed in so many other ways. When he came to us (at 4-1/2), he could not even hold a pencil correctly. Because of a continual sinus problem, he had tubes in his ears, which delayed his speech a bit (and combined with the accent, he was sometimes extremely difficult to understand).
Now, not only can he hold a pencil, he can write his name clearly! His allergies and sinus problems have completely disappeared. Most astonishing of all is the vocabulary explosion! I was really surprised at his lack of vocabulary when he came to us, considering he had a chatterbox of an older sister who is as utterly articulate as she is precocious. Usually younger sibs will pick up language quicker because of the example of their older siblings. Well, you’d never know it to look at my younger son now! He mimics everything his older brother says and does. Thus, back to tonight in the car, he was asking me to, “please pass me my vehicle.” How many five year olds say that? Every word clearly enunciated, and using “fancy” vocabulary instead of just saying, “my car.”
I love the book, Leo, the Late Bloomer, by Robert Kraus. It’s the story of a little leopard, who can’t read or write like his playmates, but in the end, finds he can do all these things, just in his own special timing. It reaffirms that all children “bloom” at different paces, and it’s just how I feel about my own “Leo,” – my youngest son.
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