Once in a while I try to talk with C about the fact that some older kids just want to play with each other, just like he doesn't always want to play with kids that are younger than him, etc. I do this in an effort to help his social awareness skills, which are still developing :), but I also don't want to squash his personality at such a young age. One time, after a play-date with a little girl who was clearly annoyed and not interested at all in having C follow her around the entire time, I said, "Well, C, sometimes girls have lots of feelings inside of them and they just want to be alone for a little while." He thought about that for a few minutes and said, "Yeah mom, sometimes I...Um, mom, do boys have feelings too?" To which I nodded, yes, boys have feelings, too :) "Yeah, I thought so. Sometimes I want to be alone, too, because I have lots of feelings inside of me, too." Funny words from the mouth of a little boy :)
With a growing baby sister in the house, I think that C will get a taste of his own medicine soon, since baby Maria seems to be interested in everything that her older brother is doing! I'm sure she'll have a similar affection for all of his friends when they're over to play, which will probably annoy them to no end! I can't wait to watch, though ;)
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Adorable! I can see our little M developing similar habits--he absolutely feeds off the energy of other kids, which will probably mean that he'll migrate to the trouble-makers! Oh no! :)
Maybe C will soon hit the "girls have cooties" stage?! As his godmother, I'll pray so! :)
My son gets all the ladies he can handle - he has to beat them off with a stick. It doesn't matter what age they are, either - 4, 9, 13, 17, 21, 30, 45, 60, 85, he just sets them up and knocks them down. And I think he knows it, too.
We'll see what that means in terms of a prospective religious vocation. My hope is that he'll flee to the seminary to avoid having to choose from so many potential mates. Bishop and martyr, bishop and martyr....
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