It’s really not ok to develop a severe disliking for a child. They are, after all, just a child. However, there is a little girl at Ashlynn’s school who is very hard to like. She’s rude, rolls her eyes, and bosses Ashlynn around. She has mocked my son (who’s a baby) when he was talking, refused to say “hello” to Ashlynn even as Ashlynn greets her with a cheerful “hello,”
Ashlynn was my first child. In a way, it was fortunate I had nothing to compare her to, and in a way, it was unfortunate I had nothing to compare her to. My son Jace is my second child and is currently 16 months. He not only walks…he RUNS. He not only babbles and says words, he puts two and three words together!! Every time he hits a milestone, my
Ashlynn turned four this Halloween, and it brought another milestone: being able to say “trick or treat” and be understood! When she was two, she couldn’t even attempt to say it. At three, she could say “ee o ee” but then clammed up and wouldn’t say it on command. At four though, we had success! She still needed prompting and encouragement, but she was able to say an intelligible “trick