It’s just like Micah saying he does not want to go to school because he will miss me. Then he’ll ask if I’ll miss him.

So far there has no need to scold because I am not quite there at the school’s door-step yet. But you are there with the “sleep-on-your-own door’s step. So It’s painful, but can be done. I remember my father telling us we should sleep in our won room when we moved to our new house (I was 6), but it took us maybe a whole year to do so. Did not like it, of course, and I think we saw less of our dad than Caitlin sees you. So it’s ok. Make up for it in the weekends.

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To be honest, it does sadden me to be so blunt with her. She loves her Daddee dearly, and to tell her off just because she wants Daddee to be close when she sleeps (we want her to start sleeping by herself and not to have us lie beside her) is not “fair” in my mind… sigh

The greeting people bit depends on the time of the day and how they feel. Understandably they are sometimes cranky and I won’t force them to say good morning to either grandparents when they have just woken up. Rather, I find if the grandparents say it first, they are more willing to respond positively.

I also find preparing them, like when we will be meeting friends, etc., that they should remember to say “hello, uncle and aunty” also helps. Usually in the car, or as we start the journey. Micah usually comply. Max will parrot the brother but there had been a few occasions he was just too distracted and went straight for a pet/ toy or to investigate something in the house. Can you blame him if there is something more attractive than strangers?

We should not make excuses for them to behave badly, but we should understand and talk to them at the moment as well as at other times just in conversations.

I have called Micah rude sometimes too, because, quite often, Micah yells back when you scold him. But they do forget themselves and have feelings of anger and frustrations and dislike.

Today Micah surprised me when I said “thank you” to him for arranging his toy trains in a neat row. He said, “You’re welcome. It’s my pleasure,” and gave me the sweetest smile. So amazing! I didn’t even want to spoil that magical moment by asking where he learnt that from. Just bask in it.

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