Monday, May 30, 2011

Clingy

See this little hand stuck to my pants? The other end is attached to a smallish 4 yr old. I took this at Holly's class party where no matter what I did, I couldn't DE-tach the hand from this spot. I went in to help and instead was hobbling around with my very whiny shadow.
This is new territory for me. The first 3 ran away from me and I was having to chase them down. In fact, I used to envy the moms with the sweet, shy little kid that wouldn't leave their side. 'Boy they've got it easy' I thought. Wow, I had no idea.
I have also witnessed her giving innocent shoppers the stink-eye many times. One lady even commented to me that I must do a great job teaching her not to talk to strangers because Sadie gave her "quite the look".
But today at Walmart Sadie told me that she smiled AND waved at one of the workers. She was safely behind the shopping cart but we may have some progress happening...please?

3 comments:

Sally said...

Weird. So not like your other kids. Has she always been like this?

She is pretty friendly with Eter, so not THAT shy.

Kate said...

Yeah I think the shy thing is kind of an act. But she does not ever leave my side (or pants) when we are in any unfamiliar territory.

Did you get my text about the additional baby items I found?

Sally said...

oh, yeah. Sorry, I forgot to respond. Sounds good. It was just the pack n' play screen, right?