Ten short months ago I was in the hospital after the delivery of "Sweet Pea" - our second girl. While there, "Poppy" (our first daughter) came with daddy to visit us. On the way in, she asked to stop at the water fountain to throw in a coin and make a wish. Daddy immediately obliged and heard the following; "I wish I have a good marriage and marry a good man." Although she was only 2 years and 8 months at the time, it became clear the disney princesses were having quite an impact on our little girl. Okay, so maybe the Barbie videos weren't helping much either.
Fast forward to last month, and at 3.5 years, Poppy is now so in love with her little sister that she introduces her as her baby. That's right, not "my baby sister", but "my baby". She also started acting out a very abbreviated pregnancy, which is a little funny since the whole time I was pregnant she didn't seem the least bit interested. Anyway, she'll put a doll or Pooh bear under her shirt and say "I'm going to have a baby." Whereupon she immediately goes to her room and brings out said baby wrapped in a blanket cooing "Oh, you're such a cute baby." Needless to say, I decided it was time to take action and have the talk about exactly when babies come along.
I am now happy to report that after only a few weeks of brainwashing guidance she now is happy to tell everyone she meets exactly when one has a baby. In fact, we had two new friends over - XiaolinMama and daughter (yes, I'm shamelessly name-dropping) and Poppy was happy to explain this to them: "First you go to school, then go to college, you get a career, get married, and THEN you have babies." Yippee!! Let's just hope it sticks.
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