Comments on: “I want to get smaller and smaller and be your baby and you can carry me always.” http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/06/i-want-to-get-smaller-and-smaller-and-be-your-baby-and-you-can-carry-me-always/ Girl in a Party Hat Mon, 02 May 2022 06:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Noan http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/06/i-want-to-get-smaller-and-smaller-and-be-your-baby-and-you-can-carry-me-always/comment-page-1/#comment-8169 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:56:44 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3666#comment-8169 I’m not so great at math and don’t always know when to end phone conversations. If Sophie doesn’t grow out of those things she can always hang with me.

]]> By: starrlife http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/06/i-want-to-get-smaller-and-smaller-and-be-your-baby-and-you-can-carry-me-always/comment-page-1/#comment-8168 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:30:29 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3666#comment-8168 Well, Kayli is 11 and the salad days are nearly done. Puberty is creeping in. We Do not need to lock the door anymore and she can do basic math with support but with improvement every year- solid gains – just at a different pace from most kids. Altho her tests and report card reflect a certain level of academic skills we know from conversation now that she really GETS things at a much higher level, pretty much at the same level as her peers in many areas. She’s happy with her life, Her self esteem is good. She is still cute in many ways but she is becoming teenlike in attitude and independence. She still speaks in long paragraphs sometimes but more often on topic.
All of these things seem normal to me…….sometimes I think that I want her to stay smaller and smaller but it is so much fun to watch her unfold!

]]> By: krlr http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/06/i-want-to-get-smaller-and-smaller-and-be-your-baby-and-you-can-carry-me-always/comment-page-1/#comment-8166 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:54:40 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3666#comment-8166 I think there’s a whole subtext about infantilizing the SN community but I’m not going to touch that… My very-typical 6 yr old boy is going thru a (truly unpleasant) baby-talk phase at the same time he’s being bossy & demanding. 90% adorable, 10% wierd bossy-babyness. I think growing up is hard and awkward and can be scary – kids try to leap forward without you but then return to the nest for reassurance. No reason it should be different for Sophie.

And later? When she really is grown? I don’t know you & my own daughter is younger than yours so I certainly don’t speak with any experience but I’ve been reading for a couple (?) years now and there is not a doubt in my mind that your love & awe for both your (different) girls will do nothing but explode.

(and besides, I don’t think salads curdle)

]]> By: Cheryl Fisher http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/06/i-want-to-get-smaller-and-smaller-and-be-your-baby-and-you-can-carry-me-always/comment-page-1/#comment-8165 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:19:51 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3666#comment-8165 Amy, I love your portrayals of so many aspects of your life with Sophie. You and I have so much in common regarding these questions we have that will likely never be answered – but, honestly, I agree that the whole “staying small” thing is probably the best way to go. These girls absolutely grow up too fast!
Hugs to you – and Sophie. :)

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