that is so adorable!!! God they grow up quickly don't they cai!!! My best friends son graduated grade 7 last night and we were in tears LOL he thought we were absolute dags though, but it's just crazy .... I look at my dd and realise in a couple months she will be ONE !!! and before I know it i'll be doing her side ponytail and she'll be talking to me about being a teenager!
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Its crazy KL. I swear I was still playing with barbies at 7. And I think I got my first cabbage patch at 7!
She's more interested in reading and writing notes, or in her diary than playing with dolls!
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ROFL!!!! Thats gorgeous.... and scary!!! They definitely have moved on with the times, it's such a worry...
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Oh Cai - its bizarre how different things are isn't it. Yes I too had my first Cabbage Patch at 7 and was very young and stayed that way. Nowadays - I have a 13yr DSD (H) who can't make up her mind about being an adult or child. She's in the world's greatest hurry to grow up. Wearing the scary all around the eye black eyeliner... (shudder)
I would say how very proud of her and you I am... she has an innate wisdom H doesn't, and I am so very worried about our girl because she doesn't have that social insight down quite yet.
I think its sad they grow up so soon, they will miss out on so much of the fun we had. But these are the times it seems, they are only young for so short a time.
to you for losing your baby so soon.
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Cai, here is my 7 year old DD's conversation with DH a few days ago: (m is hubby, k is DD)
m: Whats up ?
k: I'm worried
m: What about?
k: About high school.
m: Why are you worried about high school now?
k: Because i'm scared that someone will ask me if i like pooh bear and if i say yes they will laugh at me and tease me.
m: Dont worry little one when your a teenager you wont care about bears anymore.
k: Yes i will. Will you still be with mummy when i'm a teenager?
m: Yes little one we're married so we'll always be together.
Dont worry about high school yet it's too early......
I thought it was so sweet, so glad she is worried about pooh bears and not stealing boyfriends!
But I often wonder about what goes through their little heads, I dont shelter her from the world too much, but at the age of 7 I really think they should still live in a fantasy world full of fairies and pooh bears. DD is also getting into her diary, boys etc, but not as advanced as your little one!
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Oh don't get me wrong she's not "into boys" as such it was just more an observation more than anything. Thats very cute thoughParis still has "baby bear" that she sleeps with. She's just analytical
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she has a very wisehead on them there little shoulders (but i think some of that might come from mummy....!)
i think it's cute that she can see through all the crap that teens surround themselves with so early - hopefully it means she'll be a bright teen and not get caught up in all that rubbish!
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My DD is 10 and it is SCARY. It's all about boys and who's boss in year 4!! Yes it seems they have grown up WAY faster than when we were young, but it seems to be the way it is everywhere. They hear things and don't always know what they're saying. I had a conversation with DD at the beginning of the year, someone had said the boys were playing "sex" games with the girls . (it was a mother who wanted to cause trouble)>
Anyway I asked DD if the boys were playing any sort of "weird" games, or games that she didn't think were right. She said "oh yer mum, they all play CRICKET, how BORING"!!!!! So she was just too niave to get my drift and I realised she was still my little girl!
I do find that alot of the girls are developing alot earlier and therefore these things are all happening sooner. But it's all about educating and talking as we go. DD at the MOMENT tells me everything and I just have to try to encourage her to be kind and not to take sides, be mean, be silly etc. It's hard but Im learning as I go. Really really dreading high school though....
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