Xander Week 109 – Best Friends…
March 13, 2009
As I was tucking Xander into bed last night, he told me that he wants to tell Leanne that she is his best friend. Leanne attends the same day care, but she’s a few years older than Xander (I think she’s 4). They play together often, and the staff has mentioned that Xander is the only one Leanne will share toys with, so I know they have a pretty good relationship (for preschoolers).
On the other hand, I know that girls can be fickle (and toddlers change their minds faster than their little legs can run), and that Leanne might already have a best friend or a group of friends that doesn’t include Xander.
This morning Xander was still intent on telling Leanne that she is his best friend, and he was disappointed when Leanne wasn’t in the room when we arrived at day care (he is usually one of the first kids there). But, she will arrive eventually, and Xander will get an chance to play with her at some point…
So today I have my fingers crossed that this pretty little 4 year old girl won’t crush my son’s cheerful spirit with a toss of her hair.
I didn’t think this kind of worry was supposed to start until much, much later – how do parents survive their kid’s potential heartache? This is awful, and in the grand scheme of things it’s really so insignificant. I just don’t know what I’ll do if Xander comes home in tears because Leanne doesn’t want to be his best friend. In my (not so humble) opinion, who wouldn’t want to be best friends with my kid?
I guess the only thing to do is keep my fingers crossed and hope that it all turns out well. Maybe Xander and Leanne will be best friends today, and next week maybe they’ll each find a new best friends – I can hope, right?
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What a great post Sara! And you’re right, I never thought I’d be worrying about those kinds of things when my kids were this young. But it’s so much fun to watch them grow, through the good times as well as the bad. As long as WE can survive it!
Keep those posts coming!
Best,
John
So what happened? I am dying to know!