Just a little sensitive

{via} Disney Baby Blog.

I became a preschool teacher when Noah was almost 2. He went to work with me and spent his day in my classroom with the other children around his age. The majority of my class was little girls and Noah loved them. He was always following along with whichever girl decided to be his friend that day. He was happy and I didn't even think about it. 

In fact he had his very first best friend in a little girl named Laila. They would constantly pair up whenever we needed a hand holding buddy and she would always wait for him when we started a new activity. It was adorable and I loved this little girl for being such a sweetheart to my little boy. Two years later and this family has moved out of our town. We still see them time to time and Noah still talks about her and says she is his best friend (if you ask her they are getting married!)

Hello future wedding invitation.

The new group of moms that I've become good friends with all have boys. We've spent a lot of time with them in the last year and I love the play dates and moms nights out that we all have together. I was really excited for Noah to make "boy" friends especially because he had been around little girls for so long. After a few play dates I began to see a difference in my little boy and the other boys. He is not the rough and tumble type or the yelling type but he is the type who likes to follow others around and do as they say. A follower but not in a bad way, just in a go with the flow kind of way a lot like my husband in his laid back personality. I wasn't too concerned though, everyone is different and that's what makes things fun.

It did get me thinking about how we all raise our children. It shows you how different everyone's parenting styles are and how we handle situations. I don't think I do it better by any means. I think that I know how my son reacts to situations and I know his personality so I know what works. I know that he spends a lot of time with me and that he has his dad's temperament. As moms we know our children better then anyone. We feel for them and we feel their emotions.
Noah loves his all his friends and he loves trying to be like them when he chooses to. But I know that I have a sensitive little boy that may not be as rough or "manly" as all the other little boys and that's ok. Don't get me wrong- he's no perfect child. We still have tantrums and brattiness just like everyone else, I still struggle with the toddler roller coaster. I want to make sure that I encourage Noah to be himself and to embrace his personality. That's a huge part of our job as parents, encouraging them to find who they are and who God wants them to be. I love his daddy and I see so much of him in Noah. If that's where we're heading then I have nothing to worry about.