Jovann got his first bike on Sunday 9 May 09. How excited he was! We were in the bicycle shop watching the uncle fix up his first ride, and he actually stay riveted throughout. He only fidgets when trying to get closer to touch the bicycle parts or finger something on the floor. We had a hard time preventing him from picking up every single piece on the floor, or keeping him calm enough for the whole of the 40mins which was the uncle’s estimate need to put the bicycle together. Never have I seen him so focused on something haha.
I think in this photo he's trying to imitate Uncle doing the screws and bolts.
Yeah almost there!
Finally, he’s done! A new shiny blue bike with the words “BMX” on the handlebar, complete with a little basket and a cute little bell. J kept ringing that bell more than riding it initially. We let him do his antics all the way to our car.
His first ride on a real bike.
That day, went downstairs to let him practice riding his bike. We spent an hour downstairs, part of which is at a playground, but he spent most of the time pedaling backwards, and refused to listen to us teaching him.
That evening, we took a step back, took a deep breath, and let him play on his own, restraining ourselves through a huge effort from “teaching” him, since he so obviously didn’t want like it. He told us in no uncertain terms “I want to learn myself!” and “I don’t want to listen.”. So we let him do that. Interestingly, within 10mins, he figured out how to pedal it so that he can move forward. Steering on the other hand has never been a problem, and now he can move. The only thing is, he is only pushing down with his right foot, meaning the pedals only get to go halfcycle all the time. :P Nevermine, let him “learn himself”. Better for our blood pressure anyway.
That evening, we took a step back, took a deep breath, and let him play on his own, restraining ourselves through a huge effort from “teaching” him, since he so obviously didn’t want like it. He told us in no uncertain terms “I want to learn myself!” and “I don’t want to listen.”. So we let him do that. Interestingly, within 10mins, he figured out how to pedal it so that he can move forward. Steering on the other hand has never been a problem, and now he can move. The only thing is, he is only pushing down with his right foot, meaning the pedals only get to go halfcycle all the time. :P Nevermine, let him “learn himself”. Better for our blood pressure anyway.
We still have lotsa fun riding outside the gate in the lift landing. He has a kick out of chasing after me, and he’s quite fast even with 1 pedal. :P We even bought a nice blue bicycle helmet for him, kid size. He simply loves it.
But in the shop he kept pretending he wants the pink helmet instead.
Then one day, on 15 June, about the 5th time he rode his bike, he figured it out. Now he’s faster and he’s really cycling!!! He was so so pleased. Hubby called me on the phone to tell me the news (It was Monday and hubby was the house daddy that day), and I praised Jov excitedly and asked him to show me when I get home. He was so proud of himself. :P That evening, he got so excited he was jumping up and down and yelling “Yeah! Yeah! I want to ride bicycle!!!” when I prepared the bike and put on that nice blue helmet for him heee.
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