Ok so a couple of weeks ago Jaida started talking to/about this character "Trinitabee". I would notice her playing and talking to it and she would always appear frustrated or mad. So I asked her who is Trinitabee? She replied that he was "her monster" Well of coarse I was curiouse so I asked her what he looked like and she said "he's brown mom" in a voice that suggested that I should have know all monsters are brown.
So this morning after her ballet class (that went great by the way) we are loading up in the car, and Jaida is absolutely refusing to get in the car, because Trinitabee is standing in front of her door and won't let her get in. So I'm trying so hard not to laugh cause she is dead serious. Meanwhile one of the other mothers who was parked next to use loading up her two girls was just looking at us. I didn't know what to do so I just said well Jaida if you don't want Trinitabee here then tell him to leave. To which my daughter turns and yells at the top of her lungs " Go away Trinitabe, just go home, I don't like you". I was shocked that she did it so loud but then she just got in the car like nothing happened. Meanwhile I'm trying to explain to the other mother that my daughter has and imaginary monster and he wouldn't let her in the car, but now he's gone so it's ok yada yada yada. Well she must of understood cause she just kinda laughed and we went our separate ways.
Once in the car I'm kinda in shock as to what just happened, as I'm looking in the back seat at my 3 year old that seems to think nothing out of the ordinary just happened I ask her Jaida where is Trinitabee now? "At home". Oh ok where does he live? " Way way way up in the mountains". Oh so when you ask him to leave he does it? " Yes he listens to me". And that was the end of the conversation. I didn't want to get to into it with her cause it was clear she didn't like the monster.
So this evening when I picked her up from day care I asked her Jaida you do know that Trinitabee isn't real right. "Yes I know, but he sure is mean and he might come to my house and I don't like him to". So any ways I'm not really sure how to approach the whole imaginary friend/monster thing. I'm up for any suggestions.
