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Dec. 26th, 2010 04:57 pmToday Emma's wearing one of the outfits I bought for her for Christmas. She looks adorable and better dressed for the weather than her daft auntie. Family keep muttering about how "big" she is and she is tall for her age - when she stands beside her sister you wouldn't guess that there's five years between them. And yes, she's heavy too, but it's mostly muscle cos the child is STRONG. Like I said, strong, not many five year olds can lift their grandfathers.
And I've so many issues with weight loss and food (being put on your first diet for non-medical reasons at the age of 10 might do that to someone) that I really don't want to see Emma getting any of that nonsense, especially not at her age. She did start comfort eating last year, for entirely understandable reasons, but unlike me her comfort food is fruit!
Anyway, Emma looks gorgeous and the age 9 clothes fit her well, especially in the length. Tops cover her belly, trousers likewise. Am bloody overjoyed that neither of them have bought into the "girls wear pink" nonsense and like to wear trousers from the "boys" section cos they don't fall down. Trousers cut to sit on hips only work when you've developed hips to hold them up. If even then.
Did have to retreat to bedroom after another argument about age appropriateness, though. Niamh begged me for the New Moon DVD. I hate Twilight, hate the message it sends. But I figured at least if I got it for her than I'd be in a better position to discuss it with her, she's remarkably sensible for her years anyway and it'll make a good base for comparison with Buffy for when we start on that :) So I bought it. Rated 12s, she's 10 but just in case it wasn't going to be appropriate I watched it before giving it to her. I've no problem with them seeing things that are rated higher than their years as long as I know what they are. Hell, I grew up on a diet of Hammer Horror and Hitchcock from about 7 on, many of which were rated 18s. And I turned out juuuuuust fiiiiiiine thank you. (Quiet down the back.) Apparently it's inappropriate for her age according to people who are not her parents, her parents agree with me and were happy enough. And that's enough for me. I've years of practice at this sort of thing, Martha has been my censorship guinea pig for nigh on 20 years and she turned out more than ok. Hmmph.
So now I'm hiding in my room again, rummaging through patterns trying to decide what to knit for baby of J, drinking coffee and trying to remember that it's the season of goodwill to all, even Daily Mail readers.
And I've so many issues with weight loss and food (being put on your first diet for non-medical reasons at the age of 10 might do that to someone) that I really don't want to see Emma getting any of that nonsense, especially not at her age. She did start comfort eating last year, for entirely understandable reasons, but unlike me her comfort food is fruit!
Anyway, Emma looks gorgeous and the age 9 clothes fit her well, especially in the length. Tops cover her belly, trousers likewise. Am bloody overjoyed that neither of them have bought into the "girls wear pink" nonsense and like to wear trousers from the "boys" section cos they don't fall down. Trousers cut to sit on hips only work when you've developed hips to hold them up. If even then.
Did have to retreat to bedroom after another argument about age appropriateness, though. Niamh begged me for the New Moon DVD. I hate Twilight, hate the message it sends. But I figured at least if I got it for her than I'd be in a better position to discuss it with her, she's remarkably sensible for her years anyway and it'll make a good base for comparison with Buffy for when we start on that :) So I bought it. Rated 12s, she's 10 but just in case it wasn't going to be appropriate I watched it before giving it to her. I've no problem with them seeing things that are rated higher than their years as long as I know what they are. Hell, I grew up on a diet of Hammer Horror and Hitchcock from about 7 on, many of which were rated 18s. And I turned out juuuuuust fiiiiiiine thank you. (Quiet down the back.) Apparently it's inappropriate for her age according to people who are not her parents, her parents agree with me and were happy enough. And that's enough for me. I've years of practice at this sort of thing, Martha has been my censorship guinea pig for nigh on 20 years and she turned out more than ok. Hmmph.
So now I'm hiding in my room again, rummaging through patterns trying to decide what to knit for baby of J, drinking coffee and trying to remember that it's the season of goodwill to all, even Daily Mail readers.
