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Relaxin' ~ I don't like babies & Mama can't make me!
Every other weekend we are faced with a dilemma of sorts. We love all of our grandkids, they are all treated equally by us. BUT, there in lies the problems, it doesn't seem to be directed towards them exclusively.
Is it jealousy? I tend to think not. I believe it's because in his early stages of life he was growing up for the most part in an adult world. Those who were not adult, were older than he. He was and remains to be comfortable in that zone.
Our grandson Jacob gets along great with kids older than he, he adores our grandaughter Ivy and looks up to her. Not so with our grandaughter Mikayla nor his little sister Emma.
Emma loves him, laughs & smiles at everything he does. She tries to play with him but he won't allow her to. He says, "Get her away from me, I don't like babies" if she tries to touch him. Each toy she pulls from the toybox, "No Emma!" explaining to us that will hurt her. "Yeah right Jacob, it's the same toys you played with when you were her age." I could go on and on but it all comes down to he has a problem bonding with anyone younger than he is.
Saturday the situation came down to his Mom taking him behind closed doors and having a little talk with him. He came out with this little pouting face (which he's quite good at) straight to Papaw who he thought would take up for him. Finding no sympathy, he walked over and put himself in the corner for a timeout, hahaha! Marisa said, "Jacob, I didn't tell you that you had to stand in the corner." He peeked out of the corner "Are you going to spank me?"..."I don't want a spanking"...it was hard to keep from laughing cause this kid doesn't know what a spanking is, he's never had one. All became too quiet in the livingroom a few minutes later, there he lay sound asleep on the beanbag chair. He never takes naps. Guess that little timeout he gave himself wore him out.
Oh the tales I could tell once he awoke from a 3 hour nap and found his Mom & Emma had gone home. It was comedy at it's finest & we had to hide our smirky grins.
When Marisa came to pick him up yesterday he asked her if he could go see his other Granny. He said "I love my Granny!". Well, he has lots of Granny's, Grandma's, Memaw's, Papaw's & Grandpa's. He loves all the residents at the nursing home Marisa works at, I can only hope he will soon love his little sister as well.
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Hey there my girl , you better get crackin and get some fresh thoughts growing in that head of yours. I truly do love your writing Deb. I can only hope to see something new soon. I look forward to it as well as other people, do. I am not trying to be bossy but maybe that would make me feel better. Please, please and pretty please. Lucy
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I will simply say, I miss you. Please don't stay away to long. Lucy
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Me thinks I am missing an entry! I thought it was good and probably needed to be said. The best to you and yours, jsut bask in the Grands!!!
Jackl -
you have your hands full. Lord knows i still dont understand why they do the things they do even when they are cute let alone when they are bad like my 13 year old. i know she did not get spanked enoutgh and i am paying the price now. i look at her and dont know who she is anymore. i long for the good old days when she was little. thanks for sharing debbie! june
7/12/08 8:10 PM
What's been going on? Tell us some more Jacob stories...stories about growing up....thoughts about Judy...etc...
I miss your entries ...I get so much enjoyment out of them.
Love you!
Terri