Eighty-Eight Months of First Grader Frances

Eighty-Eight Months Fun Fact

• Maturing: It continues!  Lately she's done things like help me make my bed, rather than climb on it mid-make.  And she'll go get a lovey for Chandler if she hurts herself.  Miracles, miracles.
• Not Maturing:  It continues, as well!  The child can start sobbing at the drop of a hat, if she doesn't get her way.  We are trying to encourage other ways to communicate disappointment.  I do not want her to be the kind of college student who expects crying in professors' offices to improve her paper grades.  I understand disappointment can be hard to take, but she needs to try out some of the other tools in her toolbox as well.