Sorry, she's still 12 but only a few weeks from 13.
I'm not sure if it's a bit of lockdown boredom kicking in, but it's been off and on for a bit longer than that.
She's a lovely girl, very bright and sensible, but since about Christmas she's been going through spells of just being, I don't know how else to describe it ecce ditzy. For example, I'll ask her to pass me the cup, she'll look all around going "what cup", when there is one cup in the room and it's right in front of her. Or if I'm speaking to her she'll be nodding and "mhmm" and then go "uh? Uh? What did you say?"
I have to admit, as a one off it wouldn't bother me, but as a frequent occurrence I'm starting to find it absolutely infuriating and sometimes it's a real struggle to keep my temper.
Weirdly enough it has also coincided with her table manners taking a dip downwards. We eat together as a family every night and she's practically slumped over her dinner, spilling it everywhere like a toddler.
She's otherwise very organised, is a tidy girl, good personal hygiene and all the rest, mostly polite and hardworking, so I feel bad at complaining, but this really is immensely irritating and I don't want to end up snapping at her and hurting her feelings, but she really is being so dopey.
How do I best handle this? Is it a teenage thing?
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Almost 13 year old acting ditzy
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BeatrixPottersAlterEgo · 12/06/2020 23:28
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