2404558912_c7dca64ff7_m Just this morning my wife signed up my daughter for a short introductory soccer class and my son for a toddler’s gymnastics class. My daughter’s class is only for four consecutive days this summer while the gymnastics class is once a week for six weeks. This is my son’s first class/activity that we have gotten him involved in. He turned two in March and we are just now getting him involved in activities. This seems much later than his sister. We had her in swimming lessons at six months. I’m just wondering if we have focused too much on her activities and not on his.

I understand that the first child tends to get a leg up on these types of things mostly because they have been around longer, almost two years in my daughter’s case. But I don’t think that’s really much of an excuse not to get our younger child involved.

One of the strongest reasons that we haven’t gotten him into more activities is because his physical development has been a bit slower than hers. He still is a bit wobbly when he walks and “runs”. He has a harder time stepping up and over things than she did at his age. Because of this we have felt that he wouldn’t get as much enjoyment from physical activities. But now reflecting back perhaps that’s exactly what he needs to help him develop those skills.

What do you think? Do you have multiple children and do you expose them to things differently? Should we have less guilt? Do you really think we landed on the moon? :)

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