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Grace has been going through a phase of letting me know exactly where I rank in her priorities. Phrases like "I love Daddy, I don't like Mummy" or "Daddy is my best friend, your best friend is Susan." are regular occurances at the moment.

Grace has always been close to her Dad and it's a delight to see how much he means to her. I'm just struggling at times with my role of "bad cop" and after a long day at work, where I regularly pay the bad guy, it sucks to have to reprise the role in the eyes of my child at home.

I know it's not personal and I'm lucky that Chad is wonderful at pulling Grace up on not talking to me with that tone. Adorably, Grace has adopted one of her phrases based on this feedback to be "I love Daddy, (and then said very loudly and angrily) I love Mummy!" Bless.

As an aside, Grace listed to me her favourite things. They are (ranked by priority);
1. Dadda
2. Kate
3. Ponies
4. Shopkins
5. Geeze
6. Lisa
7. Scott
8. Thomas
9. Flynn (our dog)
10. Molly (my sister's dog)
11. Papa

Can anyone notice someone who is missing?

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