
What about this one?

Claire has been experimenting lately with frowning at people. Especially people she doesn't know. She's been toying with stranger danger for a few weeks, so I just assumed this was an extension of that.
That face is usually followed by a quivering lip, eyes welling with tears and finally a heartbreaking wail. What kind of mother am I? Exposing my daughter to the horrors of close friends and extended family!
It tears at my heart whenever I see it start to happen. My brain's telling me to just make her feel comfortable, but my gut is telling me to make a run for it.
So, this weekend when we went to a picnic FULL of strangers, it didn't surprise me to see this face again and again.
But with nowhere to run, I tried a little tickle under the chin. And within a matter of seconds, the face immediately changed.

I think I've been played.
2 comments:
The Own You. Not that you didn't already know that :)
I knew when she made the sad face after Daddy told her she should not pinch her sister that we were in trouble with this one!
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