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oh no.Submitted by mnemosyne on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 5:03am.
Ds told me tonight that he's too old for me to read to him anymore. He's 10. He's an avid reader and would rather spend more time reading to himself at night. Boo! Do I have to accept this? Ha.. He must hate my reading voice because he goes crazy and tries to destroy whatever book I'm reading to him. He started this book destruction at 4 or 5 months. Just seeing a book sends him into a frenzy, with panting and crazy hands and drool. Not kidding. I thought babies liked to be read to? The middle name thing makes me sad. I guess he has a right to prefer one of his names over the other, but still, you put alot of thought into giving him a special name, and it must hurt a little to know that he doesn't love it too. I may've outdone my boy with his middle name. What kid wants to go by Elliot? Ha ha kid... Guess you'll just have to stick with your first name! coming up one day and I have to say I hate the idea. I want my son to grow up, but damn that's gotta sting too. Our son is still young but we have already considered adding a family reading night where we read something aloud. Or maybe we will just all read our separate books but sit together, I don't know. Raising a kid to be self sufficient is pretty much the goal though, so good work on that! What sparked the decision to change to his middle name? Nosey nosey that he can read to you - family reading time is a special thing and I don't think you have to except it gone at 10. You guys can take turns reading a book together, then he can read whatever he wants on the side. My 10 year old always sits down to listen when I pick up a book to read to my 1 or 8 year old. Check out my daily photo journal: Oh, mama. As much as we all know this is bound to happen, it is still a bit heartbreaking. It seems time slips under our feet way too fast, doesn't it?! He could read to you. You could still enjoy the reading together, and he wouldn't be being 'babied'. |
having him read to me is a good idea, and maybe just making our read-aloud time less frequent, reserved for short stories rather than novels would work.
The thing with his name is that his first name is a traditional gaelic male name that was freakishly popularized shortly after his birth as a cool alternative girls name. It's a boy's name. I think he feels it's effeminate, and there's not really a nickname (we've always used his middle name or initial as a nickname). His middle name is the name his (deceased) father wanted him to have, and is an old, obscure Cherokee name-nothing girly about it. So. A little sadness, but it's okay.