weekend

[low_delta]

Being sick, I didn't accomplish much. Did a few things that were important, to varying degrees, that I wouldn't have otherwise done.

We picked out some flatware and dinnerware that we like.

We also got a DVD player. We're not happy with the picture. It's not as good as the picture I get out of the VCR. The thing is run through the VCR, though, so maybe I can mess around with things and improve it.

Had Easter dinner with the moms and my sister's family. I wasn't too happy to be going because I'm still sick, but I made it through okay. I sure hope nobody gets infected.

My niece is starting to bother me. She will hardly acknnnowledge me. She won't say hi or anything. After a few hours together, she begins to be able to respond to me. She takes this shy thing way too far. It seems to be partly an act, because when she does warm up a bit, she starts to make a show out of ignoring me. I thought she was starting to get over it when she was three, but it's two years later and she still does it.

Comments

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, the little girl should see a counsellor or psychologist. Sounds like there are some behavioural concerns there.

[lacachet.livejournal.com]

She probably has a little "crush" on you, don't you think? :)

[dwivian]

Specific encryption technology designed to prevent copying DVDs to tape make playing a DVD through a VCR very difficult. The video is inherently mangled. Just a FYI.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Ah! That makes sense.

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

ah yes, the five year old shy girls~

when i was a so called nanny,
one of the children was a four year old girl
who had her daddy wrapped around her finger~
she would look at me in very knowing ways
and it took me awhile to understand
that what i was perceiving
was not the reality of the situation~

...could be she has a crush on you, you know.
{{{{get better fast}}}}

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I found that in the troubleshooting, but it wasn't mangled or snowy or anything, it was just subpar color. Like bad settings. I would have just assumed it was because the TV is eight yearrrs old if I hadn't seen it better on the videotape.

Would this factor really be that subtle?

I tried hooking it directly to the TV, but failed. I'll try that again when I get a chance.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I'd wonder about that if she didn't treat others the same way.

What I'd like the most right now is for her mother and grandmother to stop ordering her to say hi to me.

[fishcart.livejournal.com]

i think when i was a little girl and forced to say hi to someone it made it very hard for me to want to say hi to them and i wanted to rebel against their wishes. i was extremely shy, and i wouldn't recommomend her going to a psychologist, that would just make her feel different. my advice is to tell the mom/gma not to make her say hi, she'll get around to it naturally much better. just an IMO :)

[fishcart.livejournal.com]

nice kitchen stuffs!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I've told my mom not to push her, but you know how moms are.

I'd like to have my mom say (as reverse psychology), "Kevin's here, you'd better run into the other room and hide from him," but I think the behaviour is so ingrained that she'd do just that, anyway.

[fishcart.livejournal.com]

hehehe :) moms are silly, but i like em!

[emschin.livejournal.com]

Now it's my turn to analyze Nikki. :^) I suspect it's part actually being shy, but she's also learned she gets a lot of attention that way.
Kids do all kinds of things because any attention is better than no attention, even if you're shy. I'm thinking of Jake. He's at a great, attention getting age, and she may be missing the spotlight.

What to do? I don't know!

[laciann.livejournal.com]

I know I'm coming in a little late here, but just wanted to share this thought.....

I agree that it's an attention getter, or a power struggle.

Some of my best friends had a daughter who is now 11 yrs old. She did the same thing to me for years.

I got tired of the game, so I just ignored her. Didn't look at her, didn't try to coax her to talk, nothing. It was like she wasn't in the room. It went on for a few years. She's coming around now, finally. I respond in a very warm, friendly manner whenever she acknowledges me, but I will NEVER demand or beg for her attention. I think she knows that now.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I've tried to get my mom not to push her to say hi to me, but that's just as tough a battle.