This morning was a little hectic and I was busy helping Cameron upstairs (teething troubles most likely --and yes, we've gone back to sleepless nights :))
Anyway, I came downstairs a little nervous to see what Luke had quietly been up to for the 30 minutes or so that I had been ignoring him. To my surprise, I discovered this:
and this...
My little boy did a jigsaw puzzle all on his own! 2 jigsaw puzzles to be exact! At first I thought that maybe we just forgot to take them apart from yesterday when we worked on it together...but no, I distinctly remember seeing the pieces scattered all over the floor earlier this morning (which is why there are a few pieces missing...they were under the couch).
Now I'm not trying to advertise the fact that clearly my son is BRILLIANT :) hehe ...because really he is just as bright as most kids I know his age. My main point is that I AM A TERRIBLE PARENT! Do you know how many times I have seen Luke working on a puzzle and I jump in to "help" him? Just about every time. I see him trying to put the wrong pieces together or trying to put a corner piece in the middle and I immediately think that he is going to get frustrated and I should come to the rescue. But really, Luke has probably been thinking, "Geez Mom, give me a little space. I can figure it out on my own."
I learned an important lesson today. I need to let Luke struggle more and do more things on his own. Luckily, this is naturally the byproduct of having a second baby because I don't have time to be by Luke's side helping him 24/7. In fact, I thought I was pretty good at letting him figure things out on his own but clearly I am not.
Patience Lauren! He may not do things as quickly as you want or the way you think it should be done, but he's figuring things out. And you shouldn't insist on constantly pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing. (i still remember that phrase from this Neal A. Maxwell talk ...it took me awhile to understand what he was saying at the time but I still think of it often).
However, though I may not have clear grasp of what Luke is capable or incapable of doing.... he clearly cannot look at the camera and smile when I ask him to:
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Yeah, I can totally relate to that, I definitely intervene more often than I should. That's pretty impressive puzzle skills, though. I'm more impressed that he did something so non-destructive while unsupervised.
I think that happens naturally with your first born, you have no idea what they can or cant do, and think they ALWAYS need you! Luckily having a 2 nd baby helps cure us Mom's of this habbit and by the 3rd..... well..... lets just say by the 3rd you let them go and DO alot more than you ever dreamed of doing with the first! Hope the teething gets soothed quickly and you get some sleep!!!
that's awesome! and I'm guilty of the exact same thing (though our puzzles are princesses and whales rather than trucks)
Seriously?! Way to go Luke! You are a genius! And you're not a terrible parent Lauren - trust me! :) I loved your thoughts, and definitely pulled up that talk. Excited to read it. Thanks!
Hi Lauren, I dont even know if you guys know we follow your blog...but we do! Its funny, this is totally out of the blue but I thought of you so now I have to tell you. I got out my yoga video to do a little workout and at the end there is a segment about baby massage. I thought of you and your little guy not sleeping through the night. I know its a totally off the wall idea, baby massage, but this little guy she was massaging was all happy and alert and by the end was passed out asleep. Anyway I know that this is random but you were in my thoughts and I had to tell you. Good luck. Also putting a puzzle together is brilliant! Good job Luke.
I've got three and I still jump in too often. ;) I need to go finish reading that talk by Elder Maxwell...thank you for the link!
And I ditto the comment about some mad puzzle skills and the fact that he didn't destroy the house instead. I swear my boys can make a bigger, nastier mess than I can clean the previous one.
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