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[pantryslut]

Simone has developed two "games" recently that would be highly irritating if it weren't for the fact that she is two and a half and thus completely transparent in her attempts to manipulate adults.

The first game is the "I'm stuck" game. She likes to, for example, lie on the floor with her feet under the couch and proclaim, "I'm stuck, help me!" until she is "rescued," even though she can of course do it herself if she wanted. I'm working hard on trying to get her to distinguish the play versions of this from the handful of times when she really does get wedged somewhere (usually her shoe, caught in the child gate or, yes, under the couch).

The other game is the "it hurts" game, as demonstrated today when it was naptime. "I can't lie down, my back hurts!" came the cry. Uh-huh, kid. Also "my toes hurt" (a.k.a. "carry me") on our walk yesterday and many other variations. This is not, needless to say, one of my favorite games.

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[touchyphiliac.livejournal.com]

How cute.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

For sure, I was playing games like that until I was at least six or seven, and maybe older. A friend of my age (60 this year) just told me yesterday about how her mother plays those games. ("I'm too sick to get out of bed," she says, but if they come visit her without warning, they find her up and about.)

Here's hoping Simone outgrows it.