Monday, January 14, 2008
Feeling Shy at 3 years old
We were on a weekend trip last weekend, and made it through Kahoka to visit some friends and attend a wedding, then on to Keokuk for a brief stop at the reception, then on to Carthage, IL to stay with some friends for the night. Sunday we were able to go to our old church in Keokuk, which was great. After lunch we had to drive over to Unionville to attend the visitation for a dad of one of Brent's high school friends. Anyway, Sunday night before we left U-ville we ran up to the hospital to tell Brent's mom goodbye since she was working. One of the nurses on duty was an old classmate of Brent's and she came up and was trying to chat with Gracie to no avail. She finally gave up and just talked to Brent. We finally said our goodbyes and were walking away when Gracie said, "She was very nice, but I didn't want to talk to her." What is it about kids??? One moment Gracie will talk up a storm to a perfect stranger in grocery store line, but when we want her to talk, she clams up and acts shy. She tells me that she is shy, but I don't see it most days. Any suggestions from our readers??? Should you apologize when your child doesn't speak to someone, or just ignore it? I almost always apologize or try to explain why she isn't feeling like talking at that particular moment. I need to get all of this figured out before baby #2 arrives in 17 days!
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Gracie shy? Hard to believe after all the stories we heard this weekend. I don't have any advice but I sure wouldn't expect you to apologize to me if she didn't want to talk. It does seem like she is shy at first until she warms up to you.
We were so glad we got to see all of you. You look great Emily even if you do feel like a whale. I told you God was certainly glorified for your reunion with the praise team -- brought tears to my eyes.
Counting down the days. In the meantime, watch American Idol to help kill the time.
Love you guys,
V
Well, my personal thoughts on when kids don't speak to people...they are kind of like dogs in that way. Sometimes dogs don't like certain people and will growl or shy away from them. Internal radar. Of course, all dogs love me...as do all children, so I have no personal experience being on the receiving end of something like this. I would encourage Gracie to bark like a dog at the people she doesn't want to talk to. It would be a great ice-breaker and would make for some funny stories on this blog!!
Are you saying my stories aren't funny enough? Barking like a dog might take Gracie's imagination to a whole new level, and as your probably witnessed last weekend, she doesn't need any help in that area!
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