Jamie is clearly aware that we want him to like Connor and include him in things and he tries to balance this against his impulse to ignore Connor's presence entirely. In response, he has developed a way of both including and subtly excluding Connor from the family unit. For Halloween, of course, Jamie wanted us all to be lions, but Connor got to be a leopard. Close, but not quite the same. Similarly, in stories, which lately have focused on a family of lions or cats who are alternately construction workers and fire fighters, Connor is present but sometimes made into a sister.
Then this morning, as Jamie asked me to perform task after task for him and play with him constantly, with no reference to my taking care of Connor, I asked him if he was aware that Connor lived here too. No, he said, he didn't know that. Well, where do you think he lives, I asked. In that house next door, he responded. You see the theme here.
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