Feelings
Fiona is now such a strong walker that she can (and wants to) walk all the way home from day care. Unfortunately, she doesn't always like to have her hand held. We fought the "you must hold a parents' hand when crossing the street" battle early (for obvious reasons) and seem to have won that one, but there are times when she just wants to walk on her own on the sidewalk. So far we can outrun her.
However, there are also times where Fiona decides she'd rather go in another direction. Now, if we're just out for a lazy walk on a weekend afternoon, where it's just about Fiona getting some time outside, that's fine, but most of the time when we're on the way home from day care her parents are tired and hungry and are fighting the urge to just throw Fiona in a stroller and run home (though I have tried that, and it doesn't go well).
A week or two ago, Fiona tried the "running in the opposite direction" maneuver and her mother had had enough. After yelling at Fiona (and getting the inevitable tears), Andrea then bent down and explained to her that she needed to hold Mommy's hand because she didn't want her to get hit by a car, which would give her a very big boo-boo.
"Car get boo-boo?" Fiona asked.
"No, a car can't get a boo-boo. Fiona would get a boo-boo."
This piqued Fiona's interest, to discover that some things could get boo boos and some things can't. Andrea explained to her that people can feel (hurt, happy, sad), but that things (like cars) cannot. Fiona asked whether Mommy or Daddy could feel. After figuring out that her parents could feel, she moved on to asking about Buddy.
So for the next several days, Fiona would repeat "Fiona get boo boo. Mommy boo boo. Daddy boo boo. Buddy boo boo. Car no boo boo."
Fiona's fascinated by the notion of "feeling", but it gets confusing for her parents sometimes. When she asks if Paddington can feel, or if the Daddy in her Fischer Price house can feel, we're never quite sure if we're supposed to answer as if those toys are living creatures or not. Good thing we have a psychologist (slash-grandparent) coming to visit this weekend.
However, there are also times where Fiona decides she'd rather go in another direction. Now, if we're just out for a lazy walk on a weekend afternoon, where it's just about Fiona getting some time outside, that's fine, but most of the time when we're on the way home from day care her parents are tired and hungry and are fighting the urge to just throw Fiona in a stroller and run home (though I have tried that, and it doesn't go well).
A week or two ago, Fiona tried the "running in the opposite direction" maneuver and her mother had had enough. After yelling at Fiona (and getting the inevitable tears), Andrea then bent down and explained to her that she needed to hold Mommy's hand because she didn't want her to get hit by a car, which would give her a very big boo-boo.
"Car get boo-boo?" Fiona asked.
"No, a car can't get a boo-boo. Fiona would get a boo-boo."
This piqued Fiona's interest, to discover that some things could get boo boos and some things can't. Andrea explained to her that people can feel (hurt, happy, sad), but that things (like cars) cannot. Fiona asked whether Mommy or Daddy could feel. After figuring out that her parents could feel, she moved on to asking about Buddy.
So for the next several days, Fiona would repeat "Fiona get boo boo. Mommy boo boo. Daddy boo boo. Buddy boo boo. Car no boo boo."
Fiona's fascinated by the notion of "feeling", but it gets confusing for her parents sometimes. When she asks if Paddington can feel, or if the Daddy in her Fischer Price house can feel, we're never quite sure if we're supposed to answer as if those toys are living creatures or not. Good thing we have a psychologist (slash-grandparent) coming to visit this weekend.
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