Ee Rynn learns to handle her emotions.

Ee Rynn at 4 years and 7 months.

Today, Ee Rynn has a playmate name Charlotte. She's 4 months older than Ee Rynn. She comes to her grandmother's house who's a neighbour to us.

They played together well. They have disagreement but they don't fight. Ee Rynn is more gentle and she will say apologies if she is at fault.

They play water together today. They both want to mop the floor but only one mop. So they come to me for solution and I suggested paper scissors stone. Charlotte won and Ee Rynn cried. I was upset and asking myself how to handle this.

I hugged her. She felt better. Both of them were wet and I have to send Charlotte back to her grandma's place to change. When Charlotte leaves, Ee Rynn breakdown again.

She wants her friend to shower with her. So I explained to her. Ee Rynn, Chatlotte's mommy wants her to go back and have dinner. This is something we can't control, right? She nodded, still crying.

Deep in my heart, I know she wants friend. I continued, let's take shower and have dinner. When Charlotte finish her dinner, she might come back again. She continue to cry.

I know she's sad. I hugged her for a while. When she feels better, she continue with cleaning up.

I guess what I did right was I am there for her when she is sad. I waited her to handle her emotion and allow her to let out her emotions until she feels better. She feels safe to be a real her to me.

By not giving my point of view (she didn't ask anyway), I guess I have allowed her to learn to handle her emotions. One of the important skills to learn.