We like to call P Man our “cautious” child. He’s not the type of kid to ACT before he THINKS.
Unlike Bents.
VERY unlike Bents.
P likes to carefully contemplate every decision. I happen to think it’s a great quality to have. My husband wishes he were just a tad bit more daring.
I disagree.
I like that he doesn’t just GO FOR IT. Sometimes there’s an advantage to being cautious. Wouldn’t you agree?
Plus, I can only imagine if I had TWO daring children. One is about all I can handle right now.
We’ve been working on learning to ride our bike for awhile now. My parents bought him this bike for his 3rd birthday.
P, being P, still doesn’t want to try it without the training wheels. 
I’m ok with that. Daddy keeps begging him to try it…but P feels comfortable with the training wheels on.
This is about as “adventurous” as it gets for him. 
“Look at me ma…NO FEET!”
He thought he was something else with that trick. Ahem.
It’s funny how even when riding his bike…his goofy side comes out! 
And really, let’s face it, being goofy is WAY cooler than being daring?! At least in my book.
He never goes fast on his bike. NEVER. It takes us FOREVER to bike ride because literally…he pedals slower than we walk. Again, he prefers it that way. 
I think he’s experienced too many crashes and now he’s scared for life! Poor guy, even when he goes slow he gets wobbly and bites the concrete.
One of these days we will get our cautious little P Man to brave it out and take those training wheels off. Not anytime soon though. I imagine he may be in 1st grade before that happens.
I think I’m really going to appreciate this sweet little personality trait when he learns to drive a car.
Mandy, I can totally relate. My 9 year old daughter is so overly cautious (just like her mama). My baby boy on the other hand scares me. He’s 5 so he’s calmed down considerably but during the terrible 2’s & 3’s I thought he was going to kill himself! He would run head first into the street or the river, jump off the couch & constantly pull stuff down on top of him. I spoke with my mother-in-law on several occasions & she assured me he is just like his father @ that age!
Check out the video from my friend’s blog. http://www.nobiggie.net/2009/05/two-wheeler.html (where it says with the help of this!)
All three of our kids age 7, 5 and 4 at the time learned to ride without training wheels in less than 1/2 hour.
JJ
Kaedin is in 1st grade and is still using the training wheels. In Texas the weather is tempermental (plus I was working FT) so we haven’t had much outside time to work without the training wheels. Now that it’s cooling off, we will master it.
Good luck!
You and I have “talked” about this before, but your “P” is just like my “P” (Peter, my oldest boy, who is 9, but we like to say he’s going on 99). He is cautious about EVERYTHING. A nice counterpart to the crazy middle man, right? He is such a funny, old, sweet little soul. Having three boys is the best, isn’t it? 🙂 Have a great weekend!!!!
Please have your son wear a bike helmet to protect his precious head. My son was seriously injured while bike riding and docs said that his helmet saved his life.
You have a beautiful family! We just started with training wheels for my 3 year old. So far, not going to well but hopefully will get better. I look forward to reading more
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