Holy cow have Rose's behaviors regressed to a toddler-like state a lot. She longs to be held, hugged, cuddled all the time in every place. She tattles, she yells "mine", she cries when she doesn't get her way.
Now I find myself in the same quandary I did six months ago. How much of this behavior is "normal tween" and how much is a side effect of the trauma. More importantly, how do I respond to it. Especially when her behaviors fluctuate between this strange tall toddler and a pre-teen who wants to shave.
Sure, it's not a girl who is running to get a plastic bag to put over her head and for that I am grateful. I don't even know if I'm really complaining, I'm just puzzled over this new phase we've entered and how to treat it.
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