Oh no…she’s growing up too fast
The other day my four year old was talking to a boy who passes by our store sometimes, he’s the child of another store owner. He’s a very polite child and is very friendly. He plays with my son, and they are around the same age I think, (my son is 11years old).
So I’m sitting on a bench watching as he is at her level, because he was kneeling and she’s there grinning widely and laughing at whatever he’s telling her. He looks over and tells me hello before he says goodbye.
Then my daughter comes over to me and goes, “mommy did you see him? He’s sooo cute!” I blinked and looked at her, dumbfounded and wide-eyed. I asked her to repeat what she just said, because I might have heard wrong. But no, she repeats “he’s so cute” again! I looked at her and she’s waiting for me to respond! All I could do was just agree and said “yes he’s a nice boy and cute too.”
I mean, am I really having this conversation with my four year old? Did SHE just say that? Yes she did!
I looked at her and I said to myself, “My God my baby is growing up too fast”! What does she knows about boys being cute? To her boys are still the enemies, the ones to torture and make fun of and run from. She constantly is at loggerheads with her brother; she tortures him – and his friends, a lot! And now here she is telling me a boy is cute?!
I’m probably just over-reacting but I’m not ready for her to notice boys. Her older sister doesn’t even have a boyfriend yet. Not because I forbid it, but rather out of choice by her which I’ve told her I’m glad about because having a boyfriend at her age is too complicated.
She, the four years old must have heard her sister and her friends talked about boys being cute. That’s where that probably came from. But to think she knows how to say a boy is cute? Wow! I’m still in shock!
And of course there I go questioning if I'm doing everything right as a parent. Why do we parents do that I wonder? Anyway, I'll definately be keeping my eyes even more on this little one. I hope I'm not going to have trouble with her as a teenager. Her older sister is quiet, while she is rather the opposite.
[Sigh] I'm perhaps worrying needlessly though, I know I am. But sometimes she does say the darndest thing! I look at her and wonder how in heaven did she come up with what she just said, as in this case,LOL!
Aw kids, love em and keep on loving them!