Now before anyone says anything about how I shouldnt be communicating with my daughter while she is competeing..let me explain and please fully read before you respond. I would NEVER try to talk to my daughter while she is competeting or try distracting her in anyway. Im not trying to sound rude..but for some reason I have a really hard time expressing things the right way on here and Im misunderstood often...lol.
Now, what Im wondering is..is there a hand signal or facial expression you have with your DD for competitions or really any time where they want to say "hey mom..love ya"...or they need that little bit of reassurance?
With Kadee we have two. One is just a 2 second blink. Which when she was little she couldnt really do that well and would scrunch up her whole face..so thats kinda what it evloved into..lol
And another one is "okay" symbol. Which for her~as she explained it to me~ means..."I love you to eternity"..because its a circle..and circles never end.
There was only one time at a meet where she actually knew where we were sitting during competition time. (it was her first meet) At this meet she mounted the beam the wrong way, when she turned around she was kinda "lost" looking..she glanced at me and I blinked. She kinda did a little nod and off she went. Ive made sure she doesnt know where we are until awards time (if she even knows then) after that..because I dont want her to depend on me to give her that confidence..she needs to find it in herself.
The other times, she will do the okay sign during awards. I equate it along the lines of Carol Burnette and pulling her ear for her grandmother.
Just wondering if anyone else had any little things like that. We dont just do this at comps..she did it at her kindergarten graduation and such too. She just has more going on with gymnastics than anything else..lol
I hope I made sense in this. I tend to go on and on..because Im afraid of being misunderstood. And then I think I end up saying too much and just confusing people..lol
Now, what Im wondering is..is there a hand signal or facial expression you have with your DD for competitions or really any time where they want to say "hey mom..love ya"...or they need that little bit of reassurance?
With Kadee we have two. One is just a 2 second blink. Which when she was little she couldnt really do that well and would scrunch up her whole face..so thats kinda what it evloved into..lol
And another one is "okay" symbol. Which for her~as she explained it to me~ means..."I love you to eternity"..because its a circle..and circles never end.
There was only one time at a meet where she actually knew where we were sitting during competition time. (it was her first meet) At this meet she mounted the beam the wrong way, when she turned around she was kinda "lost" looking..she glanced at me and I blinked. She kinda did a little nod and off she went. Ive made sure she doesnt know where we are until awards time (if she even knows then) after that..because I dont want her to depend on me to give her that confidence..she needs to find it in herself.
The other times, she will do the okay sign during awards. I equate it along the lines of Carol Burnette and pulling her ear for her grandmother.
Just wondering if anyone else had any little things like that. We dont just do this at comps..she did it at her kindergarten graduation and such too. She just has more going on with gymnastics than anything else..lol
I hope I made sense in this. I tend to go on and on..because Im afraid of being misunderstood. And then I think I end up saying too much and just confusing people..lol