- He wants to be walked to his Kindergarten class.
- He wants help with his bath.
Rhett turned 6, he complained that his birthday was impending.
It wasn’t that he didn’t WANT to be 6.
He just was afraid of the responsibilities that came with that advanced age.
From birth he has been my most independent boy. It is a necessity when you are #3. He learns quickly by watching and listening and in most cases figures things out on his own.
This independence is in every area of his life with two exceptions:
For weeks before
It appears I have a frightening amount in common with a six year-old. (No, I’m fine with bathing alone.) But I’m having trouble coming to terms with the responsibilities that are coming with age. I turned 30 last year and realized one of my duties, very soon, is going to need to be deciding whether or not to have kids. I’ve developed a whole blog around the decision, but making it doesn’t seem to be getting an easier. Growing up is hard!!!
A few years from now he will most likely be a preteen getting much “too cool” for mom and you will be so glad you took advantage of his wanting you at bath time when he was 6. Manipulative, perhaps, yet still pretty darn sweet!
My LAST baby is 6 too – and he’s a lover, sometimes I *almost* wish away his calling me from the bathroom, till I remember there aren’t any more after him!
Blessings
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Does Rhett know my children?
Boy’s got some manipulation skill going on!
Too cute.
How can you turn that down?! I think six is still okay to be babied now and then. And seriously, there’s nothing cuter than a clean kiddo.
My youngest is a master manipulator.