Ambidextrous & Other Neat Things

Every parent watches their child & wonders which hand they will prefer. We pretty much think that Sydney is a leftie, but if you watch her it is amazing how competent she is with each hand. Today when I picked Jason up at Jo's, she told me about her colouring experience with Sydney last week. She said that Sydney was colouring a square on the worksheet with her left hand & she picked up a crayon in her right hand & was colouring with both hands at the same time & doing an equally good job of it. She was amazed, said she has not in her years of doing daycare seen anything like it. I thought this was pretty cool & of course want to see it replicated.

My amazement with Sydney is her incredible ability to retain information. She can tell us what colour of crowns everyone wore last year at Christmas & when reading books- she picks out such detail in the pictures. On the weekend we were looking at a book with Diego & she asked why Diego was wearing Alicia's (his sister for those of you who are not Dora & Diego fans) shorts. I had no idea what she meant at first & then I asked her what his shorts were supposed to look like. She said blue & wouldn't you know that in the other book she has Alicia is wearing green shorts & Diego is wearing blue. You never can predict what she is going to notice or remember.

She hasn't said it in a few days, but for a few weeks whenever she got caught doing something that she knew she wasn't supposed to do she would say, "sorry, sorry, sorry" really fast. I've explained to her that saying sorry does not always make it right. You can't do something that you know you are not supposed to do & think you get a free pass because you say sorry. I am not sure if she learned the lesson or if she has just moved pass that saying.

She is still saying "Mama" too. It drives me a little batty sometimes because she tends to say it with a nasal tone & emphasizes each syllable. I'm not sure if it is because of all the babies she is around at daycare- there are 3 around Jason's age- or what, but I really like being Mommy or even Mom. Although, 3 seems too young for her to already be shortening it to Mom.