Does your 6.5 year old girl...

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Still do lots of nurturing imaginary play? i.e.. making beds for soft toys etc? I'm just a bit concerned that it's because she's feeling neglected / needs more nurturing herself. She's a gorgeous girl but has a demadning sibling and I know I don't give her as much attention as I should do. On top of that she is exceedingly chatty and I find that she makes my brain rattle with it all and so I'm not nearly as interactive with her as she would like.

Anyone out there with a 6 year old daughter??

yes, absolutely
she does love her moshi monsters, lego and barbies, but equally is always very keen to join in her 2yo sister's games of Babies and Tea Parties

6 is still really very little.

I have a 5.5yo who is still very much into role play. She doesn't do nurturing as such but spends ages playing schools etc.

I don't know if that helps

Actually she does spend ages playing 'mummys and babies' with her 2yo sister, where they spend hours walking around calling each other 'mummy' and 'baby'.

And I spend hours answering them as I think they are calling me ..

Yep, mine's still playing with dollies and soft toys all the time, or playing babies with her friends. By all means give her more one-to-one time if you can manage it, but don't beat yourself up.

It's hard to stop the guilt though, isn't it? Mine is constantly coming to me with the most minor of minor injuries - it is sooo annoying! But then I think, oh, is this because I'm not paying her enough attention, or am I not caring enough? We could drive ourselves mad this way . They could just be being 6.

Thank you everyone. Yes there's loads of imaginative play that's not nuturing as such but she does always try and make them all feel cosy in one way or another.

She's the eldest and she's just so energetic and can't cope if she isn't the no.1 in the attention stakes. She talks over everyone all the time and is just so dominant that we have to make way for other members of the family and are constantly trying to get her to back off or calm down as it were. Poor girl.

My 6 and 3 yr old do the mummy and baby games lots too - they call it "mummies and darlings" which is odd as I never call them darlings- other pet names sure but not that

Oh bless her. DD1 is going through this stage a bit, wants to be no 1 all the time, boss her sister around and usually causes a screaming argument when DD2 doesn't want to be bossed around.

This is my house atm.

My 7.5 year old dd still plays with dolls etc I like that she still likes imaginary play at times