Processing…. March 27, 2007
Posted by spacemom in : Kids , trackbackWe went to
this weekend. The girls went to their FIRST real theatre. They loved it, but we ended up breaking Soleil. If you are familiar with this Latino "special" child, you know that there are animals up the wazoo in his show. The play was no different. However, they used puppets for many of the animals. The puppeteers were dressed in green outfits that matched the backdrops including gauze over their faces. I don’t think Luna noticed them. However, Soleil did.
The faceless "things" along with the scene changes got to her. She’s trying to comprehend all of this. Luna saw it as another TV show. Soleil didn’t. So Sunday was a nightmare! Soleil was acting insane, screaming, throwing tantrums, telling her sister to "shut up" (we had a calm discussion about THAT one). I could go on and on, but why?
I have been asking her open ended questions on the whole play. I am watching her body language to see what is bothering her. Clearly, the faceless guys got to her. The waterfall and river bothered her. The anaconda bothered her (even though we have seen real anacondas and they are cool!)
Slowly, I am trying to help her process this huge event that was more about understanding reality and less about Diego.
In other news, Luna is mostly potty trained! Whoohoo! Jay is doing "okay" on the new medication although we have daily discussions about what is progress.
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Oh no, poor Soliel.
Poor baby! She’s at that age–like my daughter–where the Things That Lurk In Shadows are real and scary, much real-er and scarier than before. At Christmas, we went to see the Nutcracker, and one of the special effects was a whole bunch of rat-eyes spotlit on the backdrop…it really disturbed the dotter, and it keyed into some nightmares I had on a regular basis at that age. Anyway, hug her for me!
And woohoo, Luna!
Our girls are currently scared - SCARED!!! - by animals that aren’t animals.
The huge horses outside PF Chang restaurants (no, we didn’t eat there, just walked past). The Easter Bunny at the mall who wanted to eat children, I mean, have his (her?) picture taken with them. Freaked. Them. Out.
Seriously.
I’m so sorry that Soliel had such a hard time working through the experience. And I am not looking forward to our girls going through that…
This reminds me of my daughter. Intelligent and thoughtful…and sensitive. We haven’t gone to any such shows yet because the little one wouldn’t sit through it, and because DD would probably react the same way S. did. Not that I think any harm has been done, I just don’t want to have to work through it as you are now having to do, lol.