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She Be One Tough Bear
Claire has flung herself full-force into toddlerhood. Truth be told, any bit of baby that may have been lingering disappeared a few months ago. Time is a cruel mistress when you have kids.
She is certainly a happy little bear, quick to smile for family and friends, but pretty fearful still of strangers. She?s the girl grabbing onto Mommy?s leg and hiding her face when the little old ladies fawn over her. That said, the one aspect of her personality that impresses me the most is that she?s one tough cookie.
I suspect most little sisters are tough, and even tougher if they are blessed with a big brother as opposed to a big sister. This kid holds her own with Callum. If he pushes her out of the way, she doesn?t sit and cry and expect me to save her ? she pushes right back. If he tried to take her toy, she holds on tight and lets her displeasure be known. She doesn?t take anything lying down.
Lately the two of them have started wrestling. Seriously. They wrestle and laugh and think this is best damn time ever. I have to leave the room as I am not a person who sees any point to wrestling and I can’t sit around and watch. They actually fling each other off the toddler couch. This isn’t going to bode well for my sanity.
Not long ago the kids were playing while I was on the computer doing something incredibly important I?m sure, and Claire started to whine/whimper. Nothing dramatic, in fact it was mellow enough that I didn?t even look up. She continued to whine so once I was done sending that email or reading that blog post I walked over to her. Turns out that the kids had ripped out a board from one of the wooden toy crates and Claire stepped on an exposed staple. She was just sitting there, looking at her bleeding foot and whining. If I stepped on a nail I would collapse in a heap of tears. There would be swearing. There would drama. There wouldn’t be sitting on the floor quietly whining.
I hope this toughness is something that is a part of her nature; I believe it?ll serve her well in life. Keep holding your own, Miss Bear, it makes me proud.
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Great to see the pictures of Claire -Haven’t seen the real Mc Coy for a while.Just got a pile of pictures from a friend who was in Scotland.One was of a pub named after a person called Brodie who was a scoundrel who pretended to be a goodie (My mother had a relative of that name .Makes you wonder!!!!
well, we can probably rectify that situation and bring the real-McCoy over
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Super cute pics and that’s one tough cookie you have there.
Last August, she was just this wee baby inside your peanut shell and look at her now… a tough little cookie.
I think she’ll stay that way. My sister was the same way when she was a baby/young kid and she still is. I’d definitely be weeping and moaning with a staple in my foot, and she’d be telling me to shut up while she pulled it out. And I’m the older one.
Wow she really is getting big! And looking a lot more like you, imho. Don’t sell yourself short on the pain tolerance either, Miss Homebirth! Claire has a great role model for her strength and non-guff-taking!
<3
I mean “heart” Love her!!!!
Heard on TV this morning that redheads are more sensitive to pain than other people –believe that ?
Oh my god, the thought of her and Callum flinging each other off the toddler bed cracks me UP! I freak when Jack falls off the couch or even falls and lands hard. Though I’m trying not to, because I WANT him to be tough, and it’s bad enough that I gasp involuntarily whenever he comes close to hurting himself. He mostly reacts to ME. I’m annoying. Especially considering I was a total tomboy myself and was ALWAYS covered in blood.
Re: redheads more sensitive to pain, we’re better at coping with pain, but typically require more anesthesia. At least the redheaded women folk.
See:
http://www.healthanddiets.com/article24.html
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/487261
PS – Amber, if you said something to me in your previous post about good mom/bad mom, will you email it to me? I came back to check if you responded and once things scroll off your main page, I can no longer read comments.
OMG….she continues to be adorable. We all love her to peices!!!