Seriously how did she get so gosh darn mature overnight?
I mean she is already wearing deodorant she noticed she stunk a couple nights ago and thought that
Putting her smelly pit right in my face would confirm this. I make disgusted face OK yes you stink we
Need to get you some deodorant. She was way too excited and jumped for joy? We can't leave the
House without her putting on lip gloss because at 8yrs old you may run into someone you need to kiss??
Just for the record and to spare all the hating and controversy she is only allowed to wear lip gloss
No other make-up and the lip gloss is always in kid friendly colors so were not talking sex pot red.
I am ashamed to admit she is way more fashionable then I ever was and I ever will be she rocks the
Skinny jeans and always has up to date shirts and she definitely knows her shoes I shutter to admit
That my 8yr old is a mini Carrie Bradshaw. there is no bad fashion in Laylaboo world Now you might
Be thinking I spend a fortune on her I don't my treasures I find our in my local goodwill bins My
Favorite place ever!!! She watches tween shows but still kid friendly were talking Disney and nick shows.
Although she is now my new Switched at birth watching partner she loves that show we never miss a
Episode some would say that she is too young for the show but I say it is a great conversation starter
When a scene comes up or something is said she doesn't understand I pause the show we watch it on
Netflix} and we discuss it and I explain to her about what is happen, now granted when a sex
Scene comes on I go past it but Laylaboo is smart and Say's gross they are having sex I don't want to
See that anyway. She has crushes but is also a smart girl to know that dating is out of the question
You think I am exaggerating but half of Laylaboos friends have boyfriends and have been of dates that
Parents take them on with the boy! she comes home telling me this stuff and I want to lock her away
But I know that is not the right approach so we talk about it and I explain why this is not OK.
Gosh I am pretty sure when I was 8 I thought boys had cooties.
She spends a lot of her time twitting and has even got one of her fave singers to follow her she loves
Taking pics and putting them on instagram. And honestly I am OK with this because I cannot baby her
Her whole life Do I wish she played with toys instead of listening to her mp3 player and being on the
Internet sure but then that would be forcing her to be someone she is not. she still plays in her room
She has a awesome imagination I hear her playing some games her favorite thing is dress-up.
I sometimes wish I could have that little girl back that she was but we all have to grow up and as
Of right now she is on the right track she knows who she is , she works real hard at her fashion
Designs she has a ton of fashion stuff that she does , she loves to sew and really wants to be a fashion
Designer and I fully believe she will be one. I had a friend say the other day to me that she couldn't
Believe Laylaboo was 8 she seemed so well behaved and such a young lady like a mini me.
Will was Laylaboo supposed to be acting bratty? and she is becoming a young lady. but I don't want
Her to be like me No I want her to be a better version of me make something out of herself and have a
Way better life. I wouldn't want to keep Laylaboo acting like a child or stop her creativity or her
From expressing herself . And I definitely don't want to baby her. I grew up this way and it is awful
I am not bad mouthing my mother I am just saying that I was babied a lot even as a teenager and when
I became a young adult I didn't even know how to do anything for myself or be independent I just
Learned by trial and error. Obliviously I think I turned out OK and I don't think my mom meant to treat
Me that way she was just raising me how she thought was right. I will always let laylaboo be herself
And never hold her back and be here when she screws up and to hopefully steer in the right direction.
Yesterday Laylaboo had a friend from school come over to play I seriously thought she 12 she had
Boobs bigger than mine which is not saying much and No I was not starting they were just noticeable
And her tank was not holding them well, her face was caked in make-up . I am sure my mouth was
Hanging open in shock as Laylaboo Introduced me but I tried real hard to act normal and remain
Calm even though every instinct in me was screaming get her out of my house and away from
good girl . But I shook these thoughts out of my head and quickly learned why Laylaboo
Liked her she was super nice and as they say looks were deceiving because she was quite shy.
She like Laylaboo loved fashion and was learning from Laylaboo how to sew. I still could not believe
This girl was only 9. When I inquired about all the make-up on her face she smiled and said it gets her
Noticed by the boys these too you know...proudly pointing to her chest. Last year no boys
Noticed me now they all want me. I gave her a sad smile and thought to myself how awful that
This 9yr old girl feels that way. When she left I had a talk with Laylaboo about her and why she liked
Hanging out with her? Laylaboo looked at me and said because she is really nice and gets what I am
Talking about with fashion plus mom she not afraid to be herself. I nodded . Then I said you know
You don't need to dress like that or wear make-up to get a guys attention right? Anyway you guys are
To young to be thinking about guys and getting boyfriends. Laylaboo laughed and said mommy I
I know what you are trying to say and I am not going to dress like her or wear make-up I am not
Wanting a boyfriend I am only 8. Anyway If some dumb guy doesn't like me the way I am then
He is not worth my time. I hugged her tight and thought to myself I must be doing something right.
I am really nervous for Laylaboo to be 9 because will be getting closer to being a tween and this
Worries me a bit but all I can do is hope I raised her right and that she remembers what I taught her.
I swear I don't remember life at 8 even 9 being so crazy when I was younger I don't think I had so
Much to worry about and such grown up stuff to deal with. Maybe I am wrong and I just don't have
Memories of any of it but I am pretty it is tougher to be 8/9 today.
So can you relate to what I wrote? Do any of you have children close to Laylaboos age?
Please comment and let me know what you thought about this blog.
And As always thank you for reading and supporting my blog! I appreciate it .
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