This was not okay with Magnolia. Though she wanted to sit next to her infant sister, she did not want Kaleia to touch her.
Magnolia (pulling away and giving Kaleia a dirty look): "Arm!"
Me: "Magnolia, it is okay. She is not hurting you."
Magnolia: "Arm...pain!"
Really, Magnolia? Kaleia's tiny little fingers, that are barely touching you, are causing you pain?
Magnolia scooted farther away, only to be followed by her sister's grabby hands.
I saw visions of invisible lines drawn as boundaries on couches and carseats. I heard games of "I'm not touching you" play out. I heard myself saying, "If you don't stop that I'm gonna turn this car right around and we're just gonna go home."
Or maybe that was just a flashback from my childhood...
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I remember the first time Zoie and Vance started with "Mom, he just hit me". I just look at Ty with a smile and smirk and said "This is just the begining." We have not gotten to the invisible lines for boundaries. . it will come. They share a room so a line boundary may be hard. The car, though, is a different story.
Oh. My. Goodness. My brother and I totally did that. We had the boundaries and everything.
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