We’ve had a few very smooth days in a row. No iPad. No chocolate. Plenty of reasoning. Patience. (I pray for patience every day)
Daddy just got teary for how happy he has felt these days. I concur.
She used to ask for kiwi and oranges and bananas, but during Christmas, caroling or visiting friend, having eaten so many sweets her body did not crave the fructose. So as we took out chocolate from the diet, my girl ate two bananas as we came out of the pool.
Today we splashed and played for the longest time yet at the pool. She was yet again playful and positive and adventurous in the water.
I sing her a new simple song at bed time, which she asks for because I rock her in my arms as I sing it. It a baby lulabye.
She has been asking for Matilda with deep longing and sadness. “I miss her!” She wanted to play with her!
Last night she slept in my bed, starting at 2 am and daddy took the couch to get some uninterrupted sleep. She snuggles and wrestled and felt my face in my sleep. She slept well too. We hear all this advice and opinions about co-sleeping. Controversial at best.
We let her snuggle with us in the morning. But occasionally, letting her cozy up between us, her little 3 year old “baby” -as she calls herself, I sense her affirmation and reassurance bucket filling up. Instinctively, she connects with us through a shower of hugs and kisses throughout the day.
We observe ourselves “graduating” from stage to stage, in parenting her. We hit a few walls, of wondering if we know what we are doing, as she continues to grow, develop, evolve…
