Role reversal
I don’t often do “dramatic play” with the girls – it’s not really my thing – but the other night I felt inspired and wound up playing “baby” with the girls. For a good 20 minutes I played the role of a toddler who was comforted and held and put to bed by Mommy (Avery) and Auntie (Zoe). It was so sweet to watch Avery’s little face pressed up against mine as she softly sang “Light a candle for peace” and “99 bottles of beer” (the latter which I sometimes sang to the girls when they were little) and helped get me to sleep. And I must have played my role well, too, because I heard her tell Q, “We’re playing baby with mom, and she’s really realistic.”
-M