Griffin

I realised I haven’t really blogged about Griffin in a while...

He is my sweety pie. He can be adorably sweet, or infuriatingly whiney and moany. Luckily recently it's the former.

On the whole he is an affectionate, happy and easy going child. He likes to play quietly and can amuse himself on his own for ages. He also has a bit of a TV addiction. He’ll vanish, and hours later we’ll find him watching all and everything on TV. He has a great vocabulary though and some of the things he says are astounding for a 5 year old.

He is very caring and empathetic and loves watching medical footage and medical dramas on TV (Grey’s Anatomy, ER, Scrubs, Carte Blanche Iraq ER footage you name it), he often says he wants to be a doctor, to fix hurt people.

Recently he has also been found sitting in the lounge listening to classical music CDs! He is quiet - but deep. He likes 'working' on the Classmate PC too. He'll sit and 'work' like that for ages...

He doesn’t want or need to be centre of attention, he just wants to be cuddled lots, and heard, when he has something to say.

He also gives an awesome shoulder rub. I love clicking his toes. He loves it too, but pretends he hates it! ;)

Griffin has some physical strength issues and has being in Physio for a year and does OT (occupational therapy) too to improve on his muscle tone and fine motor coordination issues.

He recently did his karate grading, and you can see that his body is just not as strong and co-ordinated as some of the other kids. It’s almost like his visio-spacial perception just doesn’t quite work and his brain doesn’t tell his limbs what to do properly. Shame. Still he did well and got 2 stripes. Well done big guy!
He however cycles and, swims well and can run 2km with ease, he also does well on the monkey bars.

Since his pencil grip and concentration span (or desire to sit still and learn) are not that great, there is a strong possibility that he won’t be starting grade 1 next year, and that he’ll repeat Grade R – in a different preschool though. He is not at all fussed about this though and is actually excited at the prospect of the new preschool. He is so different to Quinn.

Quinn wants to impress by mentally challenging and stimulating, Griffin is more sensitive and wants to connect with people. Quinn demands attention, Griffin mostly waits to be seen & noticed. I sometimes have to remind myself to do that. It's so worth it because he gives the best hugs.

He is a really special child.