I Love You

Mommy I love you. I hear that on average about 30-40 times daily and that is on top of how many times she tells Greg also. Tia loves to tell people she loves them. First thing in the morning, then again about ten minutes later, and then again about another 10 minutes later, for the whole day. When she needs nothing...and when she wants something, I would say it is her most overused phrase....and I love it.

This habit started about 2 weeks ago, and although I was sure it would fade quickly, she appears to have figured out, that it is next to near impossible to turn down a child who loves you soooo much!! This morning after deciding to tell the truth about a minuscule event, she had to tell me she loved me just to make sure she wouldn't be in trouble, which she was not anyways.

Our 2 big girls never went through this phase, I mean they have always been open to telling us they loved us more than once a day, but hearing them say it at least 60 times a day never happened.

I have wondered many times since she started her constant I love you's, where they came from... I mean obviously, we know she loves us and we love her too...but what made her decide that she would need to tell us 30 times a day...does she not feel loved...so she tells us, so we say it back to her, or does she feel so loved, she just can't get enough of it, or has she really figured out that most will melt to hear how loved they are by her?

Whatever the reason, I have felt more loved in the last 2 weeks...Thanks Tia

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