[sugarbabysmommy]

Thank you ladies, truly. None of my friends IRL have reserved kids so I have no perspective and feel like we're living in a bubble. It is so helpful to hear all your stories, and your reminders that babe does know what babe needs.

When it comes to adults babe is pretty good at making decisions about interaction, but when we're in Germboree babe's internal struggle is most acute. Sometimes its hard to watch babe want so badly to join in but be unable to.

Everyday I try to give babe words, one day I said something about personal space and that it's ok not to feel like sharing that space. Gotta' love it, babe picked up on those words and the concept like wildfire! We went to Germboree that day and when another child rushed babe, I heard babe saying to me, "That little girl's in my space. And again, later that day when our cat come wondering by for a pet, between us, babe said, "Kitty is in my space."

Again, thanks. I've calmed down and am going to take more time to revel in babe's uniqueness, and worry less about all the other voices. I do have a confession, I dread preschool. I know, don't borrow trouble...