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Saltero

Jan 16, 2011 23:04

* said goodnight to Joey at the end of her third year in the world. It's a period of time that's seems so short and yet so unimaginably long. And I'm so keen to see her grow up and so desperate for her to stay a baby. It's a mass of contradictions. She made me laugh when I picked her up on Friday and she said, "Oh daddy, I had a loooong day". Then ( Read more... )

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delichan January 17 2011, 00:23:24 UTC

Gar forbids me from pointing out that it was the end of her fourth year in the world.

Happy birthday little girl!

lizzie_and_ari January 17 2011, 07:37:05 UTC

Hee hee I was having the same dilemma in my head: sweet and lovely post full of parental love...but it's WRONG, technically.

Also, Ari was banned from having Barbies and it only made her intrigued by them, and grow up somewhat resenting her parents.

xx

blearyboy January 17 2011, 10:13:41 UTC

This is why I always submit to the wisdom of editors.

Barbie is one of many things that we wish were not part of the world in which Joey is growing up. But they are, and it was only a matter of time (she plays with Barbie at pre-school anyway and seems very familiar with the Barbieverse). I also don't want Joey growing up with a feeling of being oppressed though, so if she really wants to play with Barbie then she can. It's better to try and talk to her, get her thinking about things and hope she makes the right decisions by herself.

blearyboy January 17 2011, 07:37:14 UTC

Quite right. I blame exhaustion.

snarlish January 17 2011, 08:38:53 UTC

oh man, 'embarbiego'. you need to write Daily Mail headlines.

call_waiting January 17 2011, 10:59:16 UTC

It's a period of time that's seems so short and yet so unimaginably long. And I'm so keen to see her grow up and so desperate for her to stay a baby. It's a mass of contradictions.

I know exactly what you mean. Sam's so big and clever now, and I can't wait to see what's round the next corner, but... at the same time I miss everything that disappears as he grows older. Mangled half-words that get replaced by real words, and the vague elements that made him identifiably a "baby", like the clumsiness and uncertainty in his walk. They were all beautiful, and it makes me sad that I'll never see that again.

But anyway, cute as he's been as a baby, he's not going to get a decent job in the mines if he keeps it up for too much longer. Onwards and downwards!