I don’t know what exactly changed between C and I to enable it, but I think I am starting to connect to her. Many of the same issues that were making em hold backa re still there, but, rather abruptly, I am starting to feel much more care and tenderness toward her than I was.
This translated into our playtime yesterday, and I began to call her “good girl” and “little girl” quite a bit. I shied away from dropping the “daddy” bomb mid-scene, but I talked to her this morning abotu it and her take was that I should have said it. We haven’t gotten into a deep discussion about what that means for her. I think that is somethign best left for after we’ve toed into that headspace a little.
