The return of GUEST BLOGGER Margaret

So here I am --- mainly because I am tired of reading Joyce's boring parenting Network Rants, and well, I seem to have more free time these days. Maybe joyce will help out by spicing up this blog with some photos.

Olivia is at an age now where she is learning her numbers and ABCs by sight. The only problem is that she gets some numbers and letters confused, and is also very stubborn. Here is a sample conversation with Olivia from February:

Joyce and Olivia are Reading a Book, "Olivia Counts" together.

Olivia says "1" on the first page. So far, so good.

They get to the 2nd page, and it is the number 2, with a curlicue, so Olivia says "SIX!".

Joyce: "No, that's a 2." Olivia again: "SIX!"

Joyce: "That's a 2."

Olivia won't back down. She looks straight at joyce and says "6, Mommy!" and Joyce says, "2, Baby!"

Then, to prove her point, Joyce points to the page and says "2. See --- (pointing to the objects) 1 --- 2 - TWO!".

Olivia then points to objects on the page (there are NOT 6 objects) and says - "1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 --- SIX!".

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Apparently, she did the same thing with the number "1" and the letter "I" when my mother was visiting. She finally agreed that my mom was right after my mom showed her the "1" and "I" in context.

Parenting is hard

From today's BPN ...

Wow, as if I didn't have enough anxiety about leaving Olivia somewhere all day with kids 3x her age.

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