This house is getting crowded

Posted By on September 18, 2013

Sam has entered that very typical stage where she has imaginary friends. The first of these was Teddy Bear. She kept talking about him, then they started playing hide and seek and other games in the house. One night she was making Mark crazy running through the house yelling, “Teddy Bear, where are you?” He thought she was looking for a toy. I finally told him what was going on. She is so funny with it. We went to my parents’ house for dinner for my birthday and suddenly she told me that Teddy Bear was going to stay home but he decided to come over. So there he was.

Next came the fairies. I was driving her home after work yesterday and she started talking to them. She then told me that they sit on the side seats and she sits in the middle seat. Also, that the fairies didn’t need seat belts. I told her no, everyone needs seat belts and she responded, quite accurately, “No, imaginary people don’t need seat belts!” I think it’s really funny that she knows they are imaginary. Like, “Duh, Mom. They aren’t real.” I have no idea if this is typical or not. I tended to think that kids sort of believe in their imaginary friends, but who knows. As long as all these new friends don’t start causing mischief in our house, it is fine with me!

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