{"id":1614,"date":"2009-12-10T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T02:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2009-12-10T22:19:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T02:19:39","slug":"letting-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=1614","title":{"rendered":"Letting go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lex1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lex1-459x500.jpg\" alt=\"lex\" title=\"lex\" width=\"459\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lex1-459x500.jpg 459w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lex1.JPG 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve worked so hard at helping Lex grow out of his shy, quiet (in public) shell and into a strong, confident little boy.  I&#8217;m very proud of us, though also a bit saddened at times.  School and daycare drop-offs now involve little more than a fleeting &#8220;good bye mom&#8221; before he&#8217;s off playing with his friends.  Some days I even have to ask for a hug!  Gone are the tears, the long, drawn out goodbyes, the powerful bear hugs, all replaced with a quick kiss and a sweet smile before he&#8217;s off on his own.  I&#8217;m very proud of him and proud of the boy he&#8217;s become.  I&#8217;m also proud that Alan and I have handled him so well, through the tears and tantrums, to help him discover his confident self and help him begin his formal education with ease.  That said, some days I miss my tiny baby boy :)  Lucky for me he is still full of hugs and cuddles at home.  I dread the day he becomes too cool to hug mom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve worked so hard at helping Lex grow out of his shy, quiet (in public) shell and into a strong, confident little boy. I&#8217;m very proud of us, though also a bit saddened at times. School and daycare drop-offs now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=1614\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}