Playing pretend

Julia has such an imagination and loves playing pretend. Her favorite is playing "Julia Doctor" and "Julia Baby". That is what she calls it.

Julia Doctor is when she plays doctor and you are her patient. She is actually really go at this. She does everything a dr. would do. She even knows that when taking a blood pressure, you need to use both the blood pressure cuff and the stethoscope. She keeps saying "Julia Doctor make you feel better.".

Julia Baby, is just that, Julia acting like a baby. She wants you to hold her like a baby, feed her like a baby, burp her like a baby, etc.. I know a lot of this comes from Jude's recent arrival. At first I would not allow her to act like a little baby, but I have realize that she is just pretending and not regressing. So I have no problem with this now. I even gave her a pacifier (the one the hospital gave us, the kind I don't use) for her to play with when she is pretending to be a baby.

The one other common pretend character is "Julia Kitty". The cats like to lounge on the back of the couch and look out the window. So frequently Julia will lay or stand on the back of the couch and say she is "Julia Kitty".