Last night, Gabe made progress learning to ride his bike. He actually made an effort and didn't give up. Now if we can get him to not look up at the sky or down at the ground, it might actually click for him. We didn't hold the bike for him too much once he got the hang of "starting off." Instead we stood in front of him to get him to focus on us rather than his feet. When he'd look at us, he'd make much more progress, but inevitably he'd look down at his feet which would shift his balance and make the bike tip over.
But he doesn't learn the same way most kids do. He doesn't like to be "taught" anything and prefers to learn it on his own, so you have to appear to not be trying to teach him most of the time (though this has gotten better in recent years). We got him a Leapster video game system (lots of education oriented video games) and he WOULD NOT let us touch it or show him what to do. The first 6 months or so, he just pushed buttons on it, but eventually he figured it out and is really good at it (in fact taking away his video games is one of our most effective punishments now).
Potty training him took one day. Yes you read that right - one day. But we tricked him. We sat him down on the potty and loaded him up with juice. Once he went and realized that's what he was suppossed to do, he had it down. Only a handful of accidents total.
So, once it "clicks" he's gonna be good at it. We just need the weather to cooperate and stay nice for him to practice at it.
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