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• typeset member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Bragplaint? 
  
  The good: he told his program director and teacher "I feel nervous" when he got on the playground yesterday and asked for the cars and trikes. He's self advocating and seeking out activities he knows will make him feel better, which is fabulous. I know adults who aren't that self aware. 
  
  The bad: a playground full of kids makes him want to hide under a table or stare at wheels and the teacher raved about his vocabulary rather than listening to what he was telling her. 

  
  

  11/10/10 The Kid

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• lite-bright member

  March 2014

  My parents were here for a long weekend visit. In the last couple of days, my mom was talking about how they would be sad on the airplane ride home because they would miss the girls so much, and DD1 responded, "Well, you can think about all the fun things we did while you were here, and then you won't be sad!" 

  
  

  This morning she was mulling over choices for her hair and I asked if she wanted to wear a headband she had been fiddling with yesterday. She said no, because she was worried it would fall out at recess. 

  
  

  It's so nice to see more looking ahead and offering solutions/problem-solving. I'm seeing that more in her interactions with DD2, too, and man, a little goes a long way toward making things smoother. 

  
  
  DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010

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• zoeyandsummersmom member

  March 2014

  We are getting 2 word phrases like Hi, Mama and Bye, Mama and I don't know. Complete with a hand gesture. Also DD has discovered playing with babydolls and is starting to become interested in crayons and coloring with them rather than sticking them in her mouth and gagging on them. 

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• funchicken member

  March 2014

  For the first time, DD1 asked to hold the baby, and she rocked her in the glider (with a little help). I think she was surprised at how heavy the baby felt--she enjoyed it enough that she asked again yesterday. When DD2 was born, DD1 didn't interact with her much until she was about six months old, partly out of jealousy, partly out of being grossed out by baby spit-up. It's nice to see her taking an interest even if she's not as warm and fuzzy about DD3 as DD2 is. If she needs something while I'm nursing the baby, she'll say, "Let me know when you're done with your baby situation." What a character

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• JoJoGee member

  March 2014

  Lily and I had two conversations on Sunday. They were short, but they were still conversations...
  
  Convo One
  L: Wait
  M: (distracted) What honey?
  L: Help me.
  
  Convo Two
  TV: "Let's Go."
  L: (looks at me) Go, why?
  M: Well, Cinderella's stepmother doesn't like Cinderella, so she's sending Cinderella away.
  L: Oh (goes back to playing)
  
  And, have I mentioned how cute it is to be driving down the road and all of a sudden hear "Whoa, Cool" coming from the back seat? It's her new favorite catch phrase and I love ir!

                         
  

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