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I knew it was coming. The end of the cute stage. I’d seen it happen before with other people’s children (no names), and I wasn’t so naïve to believe that it wouldn’t happen to my gorgeous girls.
There’s an invisible switch that goes off in a child — somewhere between the ages of four and seven — where they turn from adorable to annoying. We’ve noticed it’s happened just recently in Aisha.
All of sudden, Aisha is so confident that she is cocky. Her first response is not necessarily an agreeable acquiescence. Instead, she questions and baulks. In her games, Aisha knows how to create more sophisticated scenarios and runs rough-shod over those she’s playing with.
It’s bittersweet to notice “the end of cute’ in our little girl’s growing-up. She’s no longer a little girl, but an older one — one that is reading with more confidence, aware of the world around her, certain of her place in it and asking such interesting questions!
Our prayer is that as she makes this transition, we also learn how to encourage her and discipline her in ways that lead her to becoming a confident and godly young woman.
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1 · Karen · 5 March 2010, 22:43
I LOVE having older children, that I can interact with. I enjoy sharing their interests and questions and lives.
2 · Renee · 5 March 2010, 23:37
I know the feeling…
3 · Kathleen · 5 March 2010, 23:43
NO, NO, NO. This will not happen to MY baby!! She will be 40 and still CUTE! btw, Aisha looks pretty darn cute in those pictures!! Of course, however, I totally understand from experience what you’re talking about!
4 · Dad · 6 March 2010, 21:52
I thought of you and the girls when in the supermarket on Thursday. I heard a little girls in the aisle say just one word to her mummy: “Why?”
5 · Julianne · 7 March 2010, 17:57
Oh my, I have just been noticing the same thing in Sophie this week. Her grandparents also noted that she’s changed so much in one week – and so grown up. I must say I’m looking at William in a totally new light. EXtra extra cuddles
6 · Lauren · 8 March 2010, 08:08
It’s great to hear that other people have this experience with their own children. It means 1) I’ve communicated the change we’ve noticed in Aisha so others can understand and relate to it and 2) We are not alone!