Last weekend, I put Nora in a skirt. She started twirlling and said ‘Princess’.

Jules and I do not encourage this ‘princess’ thinking as we do not want her to suffer from the ‘Princess Syndrome’. Do a google search on it and you’ll find lots of article on this.

But saying that, instead of telling her ‘No, Nora you’re not a princess’ I asked her ‘Do you live in a castle?’ and had a little conversation with her about it. Obviously she will not understand the conversation, but it’s a start to bringing her thoughts down back to earth.

And if she still wants to be a princess, one day I will tell her of the girl who went to University to get an education… met a prince… fell in love… and got married. Did they live happily ever after? Only time will tell.

We’re also having a ‘pink’ issue at the moment. We don’t encourage or discourage any colour. She has a wonderful array of colours in her wardrobe… but sometimes I do admit that I buy too much red for her. No idea why.

Liz (Nathaniel’s mom) said that it might be something to do with nature v. nurture. I disagree. Kids do not discriminate. Nora sometimes says she wants the pink top and then picked up her Cookie Monster top which is green and blue. I think it’s more to do with influence from her friends in Nursery whose parents encourage the idea of ‘pink’ and ‘princess’.

We have a lot of work to do.