They say teenagers have mood swings, but Lizzie at 1 1/2 can have a full cycle of conflicting emotions within a 2 minute time period. She's laughing hysterically, then frowning, then smiling, then crying, then trying to be funny herself, then unamused, and tired. There's no keeping up with this girl's emotions. She is generally a constant happy little girl, but when put in the right circumstances she can get set into one of these cycles.
With all these flying emotions, though, she has gained a great sense of empathy for others and their emotions. Last Sunday at church she was very concerned whenever she heard a baby crying. She'd say, "Oh no! Baby crying! Baby sad!"
The other day Dave and I were talking and he said, "thats really sad that....blah blah" (not that he was actually sad, just using the word as a figure of speech in conversation )
Then Lizzie who was busy eating piped in worriedly asking, "Daddy sad? Daddy sad?" The thought of Daddy being sad made her very distraught.
Its very sweet to see her so concerned about the happiness of others. It melted my heart the other day... she was swinging a toy around and accidentally hit me, making me exclaim ouch! (more from surprise then actual pain). But she immediately ran over, stroked my face with her hand while soothing, "nice mama, nice mama", then gave me lots of hugs and kisses.
