Making Friends...

I can't begin to express how happy I am feeling that Beth is beginning to become more sociable... Today we had playgroup... when I first told her we were going to playgroup she said "Noooo"... but then when I mentioned to her that we would see Emmi there she perked up and was much more agreeable to the idea...

We got to playgroup... and initially she wanted a few cuddles from me at the start... but then Beth was quite happy to climb around on the indoor plastic slides by herself... when Emmi came along, she was really happy and gave her a big hug... and then they played together for a bit... then Veronica came along (we didn't know she was coming)... and Beth was happy to say hi (but no hug for her yet... we're still in the "getting-to-know-you" phase... :p). Beth was happy to play by herself or with Veronica and I had a couple of friends come up to me and ask "Where's Beth? OMG, she's not attached to your hip... you have arms!"... LOL... it was quite funny... and great at the same time... I actually got to have some great conversation with several friends (which may not sound very exciting, but to me having conversation with someone other than a little person who always wants to get her way is a big deal!)... Towards the end of playgroup, Beth was sharing the cubby house with a little girl called Skyla... she's a little cutie and a year older than Beth... Skyla was playing peekaboo with Beth and playing some funny games and had Elizabeth giggling and laughing so much, it was so sweet to see... and considering she didn't "know" Skyla, they were getting on amazingly! The nanny that looks after Skyla said that this was pretty new behaviour for Skyla, because she doesn't normally interact with other children either! At the end of playgroup, Skyla came up to say goodbye to Elizabeth and they even gave each other hugs (although Skyla's was a little bit over-exuberant with her hugging!)

Then as we were all walking up to our cars to go home , Elizabeth and this little boy David (who's a few months older than Beth) held hands (with his mum and me then also holding their other free hands)... it was really nice... and I am beginning to feel a lot better about her social development... The coming weeks are getting booked up with playdates inbetween all our structured classes like KindyRoo, swimming & playgroup... It's great because it's making the days pass quickly and I can see it's beneficial to Beth... it also means I'm having to be a lot more organised to fit in normal household chores and cooking dinner...

Well... that's it from me... I'm off to bed before another fun-filled day tomorrow!