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To think bedtime stories should not be emotional?!

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Cadela · 10/06/2024 19:02

This is lighthearted!

Just read Dd the Paper Dolls and got slightly choked up at the boy chopping them up, full on holding back sobs at the memories bit with granny 😭 Trying to read a bedtime story with a massive lump in your throat is a nightmare!

The other one that does it to me is ‘The Girls’ when they all come back to the tree all grown up.

In my defence I’ve been an easy crier since pregnancy and happy to show Dd all emotions but sobbing during bedtime isn’t what I planned 😂

Is there a bedtime book that does it for you too?

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RandomButtons · 10/06/2024 19:13

Ditto with hospital dog. We read it for the first time two weeks after a beloved family dog got hit by a car. Devastated 😭

Cadela · 10/06/2024 19:11

RandomButtons · 10/06/2024 19:03

Paper dolls is brutal. YANBU.

I need a ‘parental warning’ sticker on books like this, but instead of for swearing it’s for parents who are criers so we can read it first.

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RandomButtons · 10/06/2024 19:03

Paper dolls is brutal. YANBU.

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