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DD currently has two, rory (from roary the racing car i assume) and Buzz (i assume buzz lightyear as she watched toy story yesterday) shes currently feeding buzz her dessert at the table, he even has a bib on :lol: so what do i do? silly questions i know! i love that she has a fantastic imagination i assume i encourage it???
Umm I had widget til I was 5 *shame* Widget had his own dinner every night, his own 'spot' in the car and even got a turn on the rides in shopping centres. Everyone had no choice but encourage it cz I was stubborn lol. I like to think Im 'normal' enough now though.
Liebling has "John". He's just appeared. He likes to play with tractors. He may be the figure that sits in the tractor, though.
I encourage it whatever. Good imagination, good learning, social skills, a little bit of "me"-time... I like John!
eta - I had an imaginary friend as a girl - "Eloise". I'm not going to make any comment as to how I turned out! Just let it be a warning LOL.
DD1 has Itty, Bitty and Dotty - gets hard to work out who is who, lol, but she is very definite. Sometimes they help us get her to do stuff - like eat, bath, behave....not sure how long that will last!!!
Imaginary friends are very normal and very common and are a healthy sign of development and should be treated as 'real' friends by the parents as they are to the chn! I have read quite a bit about them in the past and although there is no need to go overboard (as a parent) with the friend, don't dismiss them as not real...