tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post5999259366065262065..comments2023-09-20T11:39:52.182-04:00Comments on Crunchy Granola: The Perfect Size, or I Hate Petitesusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-50725260533673722222006-11-07T12:26:00.000-05:002006-11-07T12:26:00.000-05:00I liked this post a great deal. My own 3 year old ...I liked this post a great deal. My own 3 year old is small for her age, adn always has been. The only annoying thing to me was people thinking that she was insome sort of danger when they would see her at a playground, somehow believing that she was an 8 month old on top of the slide, not a 14 month old. And we get a lot of "She's so adorable!" "She's so cute!" which I don't hear directed at other, larger kids. Her small size makes her seem more like a toddler or baby, I guess. I just wish people would try to avoid all comments on physical appearance. And I think the parents of the really really big kids hear just as many annoying comments too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-31335258874957084292006-11-01T13:01:00.000-05:002006-11-01T13:01:00.000-05:00I can't believe the stuff people say. It's all I ...I can't believe the stuff people say. It's all I have in me sometimes not to be rude back and ask them why they felt it necessary to comment in the first place. CG is just the right size indeed. She is smart, and healthy, and she has a wonderful family. She will thrive.Mommygothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584517101798904292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-70943166009587262292006-11-01T11:20:00.000-05:002006-11-01T11:20:00.000-05:00That is awesome news, Susan. I'm sure CG is beauti...That is awesome news, Susan. I'm sure CG is beautiful in every way.<br /><br />If it helps at all, I was an extremely small child--I was always the smallest in my class, right up thru 10th grade. I actually repeated pre-K, at the pediatrician's suggestion, because I was so much smaller than the other kids (and also had a late birthday).<br />Being small became something I actually liked--it was something unique about me, and it became part of my identity. I saw it as a positive thing, though I couldn't tell you why. (Maybe because my mother is also small, and I worshipped her? I do remember my mother and father both talking about how cute it was to be small, singing songs like that one that goes "five foot two, eyes a blue ..". There was definitely a positive spin on being small, though I don't know if it was intentional.)<br /><br />Also, maybe because I was a little older than the other kids in my class, or maybe because I was smaller (lower center of gravity, etc), I ended up being one of the more coordinated kids in class. So that really helped with confidence--kids appreciate physical skill, and it sounds like CG has that in spades.Piece of Workhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330147978064465604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-17612655506453732722006-10-31T21:44:00.000-05:002006-10-31T21:44:00.000-05:00Wow, the monkey bars! None of my kids will even t...Wow, the monkey bars! None of my kids will even try without a parent right underneath to hold their legs. (Well, maybe Elba. But lately she's insane.) That's so cool.<br /><br />Congrats on graduating from the developmental ped. What a milestone. Yay, y'all!<br /><br />We still have the kids in 5-point Huskys, because they outgrew their original 5-point seats before they were heavy enough to be in boosters. And there is no way we paid $240 a seat for the kids to use them for only 18 months. So we'll be forcing our poor oppressed children to ride in "baby seats" well into elementary school, too.<br /><br />Maybe we can form a club.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380822736915028078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-81324201880632870552006-10-31T14:33:00.000-05:002006-10-31T14:33:00.000-05:00Let the children you talk about hear you saying su...<i>Let the children you talk about hear you saying supportive and beautiful things about them. It can't hurt, and it will ease a mother's heart.</i><br /><br />Amen. And imagine the world we would live in if we could treat everyone this way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-57380382770618457772006-10-31T10:54:00.000-05:002006-10-31T10:54:00.000-05:00"Our developmental pediatrician came in, looked at..."Our developmental pediatrician came in, looked at CG, reviewed her accomplishments of the last year, and said, finally, "She's developing perfectly!""<br /><br />This is fabulous news! Hooray!<br /><br />And I will remember: "She's beautiful! Look at her go!" I remember getting comments when J. was so tiny (this was only in his first three months or so, so I don't remember it from an age when he could understand the comments). And then when he was about eight months old I made the mistake of saying it to a mom of a few-month-old baby whose reflux was considerably worse than J.'s and had had surgery, and I saw the hurt on her face. Haven't made such a comment since. I do still ask the age - it seems like common playground chat - but make sure my response is complimentary only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-87029690289760474832006-10-31T08:12:00.000-05:002006-10-31T08:12:00.000-05:00Doesn't that drive you nuts?
I have nothing to ad...Doesn't that drive you nuts?<br /><br />I have nothing to add that you haven't already said yourself, so I'll just nod vigorously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-83888190262738744482006-10-30T21:13:00.000-05:002006-10-30T21:13:00.000-05:00Chances are that LG and Baby Blue will also need b...Chances are that LG and Baby Blue will also need booster seats on their way to the prom. Maybe they can all go together with CG.<br /><br />At the moment I'm still telling people proactively that Baby Blue is small for her age. Her verbal skills are such that people freak. out. if they don't guess her actual age. I assume that, as her hair gets longer and it's easier to see that she's really not (say) 15 months old, I won't have to do that anymore.<br /><br />My husband was very small for his age when he was growing up, and seems pretty well-adjusted about it, so I try to take my cues from him. He always tells me that being small can be an advantage -- that people were often much more impressed with whatever he accomplished because he looked so much younger than he really was when he did. His take on it is that you can't stop people from noticing, but you can turn that attention to your own advantage.Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14962422.post-90119346948011506392006-10-30T20:49:00.000-05:002006-10-30T20:49:00.000-05:00She is, indeed, beautiful and she ran rings around...She is, indeed, beautiful and she ran rings around AB and MM when we saw her. She definitely has some serious get-up-and-go!Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.com