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rivkaYes, Alex is definitely anxious about the Niblet's birth.
We made arrangements for her to go home with a classmate if I happen to go into labor when Dorian is teaching her after-school art class. She and the classmate like each other and discussed this plan with perfect happiness. But yesterday in the car on the way home from school she went into an anxiety spiral:
Alex: What if Isabelle says I can't come over and Dorian is teaching her special class and you start having squeezy feelings?
Me: I don't think Isabelle would say you can't come over.
Alex: I want to go to Riva's house instead.
Me: Well, we already made the plan with Isabelle's mom. But let's see if we can figure out a time that you and Riva can get together and play.
Alex: Riva isn't so nice.
Me: Then why do you want to go to her house?
Alex: (very upset) I don't know who to choose!
Me: You don't have to choose anybody. Dad and I already made the choice, and you're going to go to Isabelle's house.
Alex: No! I want to go to Adrienne's house.
Me: We don't even know where Adrienne lives. You have to go to the house of someone who lives near school, so you can walk there.
Alex: I want to go to Denmark's house.
Me: I didn't know you liked to play with Denmark.
Alex: Denmark isn't so nice.
Me: Who are the nice kids?
Alex: Allie and Nick and Adrienne and Isabelle.
Me: Isabelle is nice! Good. So you'll go to Isabelle's house.
Alex: No! I don't know who to choose! What if Isabelle says I can't go to her house?
Me: Isabelle and her mom already said you can go to her house. But we can think about Riva as a back-up plan.
Alex: What's a back-up plan?
Me: A back-up plan is what you do if your first plan doesn't work out. We have lots of back-up plans for when I start to have squeezy feelings, so we'll make sure that there will always be someone you know to take care of you.
Poor kid. I know how she feels - it is weird to know that labor could hit at any time, and that we don't know what will happen next. Honestly, I don't think there's a fix for this other than birth.
We made arrangements for her to go home with a classmate if I happen to go into labor when Dorian is teaching her after-school art class. She and the classmate like each other and discussed this plan with perfect happiness. But yesterday in the car on the way home from school she went into an anxiety spiral:
Alex: What if Isabelle says I can't come over and Dorian is teaching her special class and you start having squeezy feelings?
Me: I don't think Isabelle would say you can't come over.
Alex: I want to go to Riva's house instead.
Me: Well, we already made the plan with Isabelle's mom. But let's see if we can figure out a time that you and Riva can get together and play.
Alex: Riva isn't so nice.
Me: Then why do you want to go to her house?
Alex: (very upset) I don't know who to choose!
Me: You don't have to choose anybody. Dad and I already made the choice, and you're going to go to Isabelle's house.
Alex: No! I want to go to Adrienne's house.
Me: We don't even know where Adrienne lives. You have to go to the house of someone who lives near school, so you can walk there.
Alex: I want to go to Denmark's house.
Me: I didn't know you liked to play with Denmark.
Alex: Denmark isn't so nice.
Me: Who are the nice kids?
Alex: Allie and Nick and Adrienne and Isabelle.
Me: Isabelle is nice! Good. So you'll go to Isabelle's house.
Alex: No! I don't know who to choose! What if Isabelle says I can't go to her house?
Me: Isabelle and her mom already said you can go to her house. But we can think about Riva as a back-up plan.
Alex: What's a back-up plan?
Me: A back-up plan is what you do if your first plan doesn't work out. We have lots of back-up plans for when I start to have squeezy feelings, so we'll make sure that there will always be someone you know to take care of you.
Poor kid. I know how she feels - it is weird to know that labor could hit at any time, and that we don't know what will happen next. Honestly, I don't think there's a fix for this other than birth.
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Date: 2009-01-17 09:00 pm (UTC)K.