Okay this one is for my dear friend Heidi who has posted a complaint about my lack of blogging. You’re right, I was getting ready to go back to school and as of this week, I’m back to work for the year. My summer break is officially over. I spent my last week of summer with Dylan. She went to gymnastics camp and loved it. Every time she begins a conversation with someone now it starts with, “I go to nastics.” People look at me puzzled and I explain that it’s gymnastics. I think she’s going to start going on a weekly basis now. The first morning I took her she looked at me and said, “you going to wear that to nastics?” I had on sweat pants and a t-shirt. I’m already an embarrassment to my child and she’s only 3! Speaking of being 3 and starting gymnastics… I’ve polled a few people and some say it’s too early and some say if she likes it, let her do it. I’m torn. I want to give her every advantage and if starting early helps her develop the skills she needs later for cheerleading or dance, then why make her struggle to learn later? The flip side to that is… is she going to get burned out? I want her to do gymnastics, take dance, play an instrument (preferably the piano and cello) and well, I’ll stop there for now. There’s so much for kids to do now and they start so young. What do you think, is it too much too soon?
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Yea!! A new post and one I can relate to at that! The only way Dylan will get “burned out” on gymnastics is if she is pushed, and obviously if she is starting every conversation with a comment on “nastics”, she has a natural love for the sport. I know how hard it is to struggle to get the backhandspring before tryouts, so I say it’s a good thing to start early! As for being an embarrassment to your daughter for your fashion sense, you might want to let her pick your clothes out every morning, you know, like a role reversal. Make sure you post some pics when she does…………..
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If she likes it I see nothing wrong with once a week. Now if you start driving to Reidland for private lessons with Flip, I might think you’re overdoing it!
Let her do it!!! If she gets tired of it then she can quit. One of my best friends in middle and high school had taken dance. She always carried herself so well and had poise, etc. that the rest of us didn’t have and I always thought it was because of her dance lessons and I was so proud of her when we were at Murray State because she danced in Campus Lights our junior year. I just feel that everything you “expose” a child to is a benefit…they’ll find their “thing” from the experiences they have. Nancy