Baby Steps and Small Victories

Over the past few months I have MORE than a few nagging thoughts about Kyle's attention span. I worry ALOT about what Kyle's future school years will hold for him. As a 28 week preemie Kyle is "at risk" for a whole host of issues one of them mainly is ADD. When Kyle started karate this past October I was keenly aware of his lack of an attention span (granted he is 4). When he would go through the obstacle course and come to the cones that he was supposed to weave through he would usually barrell through kicking them out of the way. This past week at Karate I saw the dreaded (in my mind) obstacle course being set up and thought to myself "Here we go"/ Kyle got to the cones (where he was supposed to turn around and walk backwards through)he stopped an studies the cones for a second and then turned around and started walking backwards. I watched with such pride that I almost let out and audible "Good for you!" The next thought that popped into my mind was "Baby steps and small victories".