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Ok .. I am a older first time adoptive mommy so didn't realize that the phase for boys not liking girls was around 5 y.o..???? This seems so young to me. Anyway, my DD fell in love w/ a boy when she was 18 mo old. She met him in daycare when she moved up to the 18mo-3y.o. class so he is "older". This was 2 yrs ago. She calls him everyday on her pretend phone and tells him everything. She changed from the daycare 1 yr ago and has only seen him twice in the past year but this has not dampened her love in any way. She still talks about him all the time / daily. Well we went to a 5 y.o. b-day party for one of the boys in his "group" and when we got there DD ask about E ( her love) but he wasn't there yet. He showed up soon after but would not acknowledge her presence. His Mom explained it off that he had hit the phase where he didn't interact w/ girls. :( I tried to explain to DD and I was proud of her for going on to have a good time @ the party by playing w/ the girls. She came to me while the presents were being opened and said she was ready to leave. I said ok, and she looked up at me and said " I am going to hug E goodbye even if he doesn't want to talk to me anymore":battle: I was so proud of her and heart broken for her at the same time. I know this is just the beginning since she is 3 and will encounter much more of this. How do you explain it? She loves boys.... She is active, wild and fun and gravitates toward the boys in her class. They love her too. ( Right now!)... So how do you explain this "phase" or does it just happen naturally and little girls like DD start gravitating toward "girls" as friends?
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