Another thing I’ve noticed I do with especially my youngest kids is I’m always repeating what they said back to them which is almost instinctual but I think helps with their pronunciation.
e.g. “wa wa dada” “oh you’d like water? OK let’s go get you some water”
I hoe, at least, you didn’t pernounce it “warter”
My grandmother/mom would say I hope you don’t pronounce it “wader”. I do in fact pronounce it “wader” (still with the short a sound, just no hard t)
That’s only for waRshcloths, isn’t it?
For Christmas she wants “a man to accompany Charlotte” (her doll).
Which sums up the high levels of verbal skills and anti-feminism she’s had since she was a baby. She seems unchanging, but still the most likable person I know.
1st grade is going okay. She hates it, but about the same as kindergarten.
“THE” toy this christmas is apparently “LOL” dolls. I had to google it, they’re pretty much what I expected.
yikes.
Not much better than a princess unicorn.
Sorry to hear that 
because she’s bored?
My 10 year old sprouted recently and uh, how do I say this eloquently… has hit an important lady milestone. Angry teenager incoming.
She never say much about it, but yeah, there’s just not much she’d consider fun. She has no friends, and doesn’t really want to talk to most kids. She does want to do sports or whatever, but has no physical ability at all. The reading material is slightly better, but they’re still just learning to read so she’s bored. Subtraction tables are obviously a bummer. And she gets chided for being slow af and drawing all the time…
AFAIK, that’s normal school-life?
If she is interested in sports, please get her signed up for something. My oldest had zero talent for sports but played softball for nearly ten years. She loved it. Stopped playing when she got to high school because it conflicted with other interests like theatre. She is so good at so many things, it was really good for her growth and maturity to be bad at something. It taught her perseverance and that sometimes things just aren’t fair. She misses the sport now and is hoping to play some intramural softball in school next year. She also umpires with me on occasion which is a lot of fun.
As an aside, I love to coach the non-talented players. They tend to take coaching really well and it is such a joy to see them grow.
if your youth coach doesn’t have this mindset, they are jerks. there are lots of jerks. you still have to celebrate the people like snake here, even if it seems obvious.
agree with finding your daughter something sporty to do. it’s an outlet for her!
Also, you shouldn’t want any slothy kids.
You shouldn’t give a shit how well she does. As I tell people in the sports organization that I volunteer for, “This is for kids to run around, sweat, and breathe fresh air. Anything more than that is a bonus.”
I agree with getting her some exercise. I do take her out a lot, but she doesn’t really like to run around much. I don’t know if she would on a team, and it’s easy to imagine it going really poorly, if for example the coach or other kids want her to hustle.
Today she said she’s only happy when she’s playing video-games or playing pretend, which sounds a bit like me. Her pretends continue to be pretty cool anyway. The more she learns the cooler they get. But yeah, I really need to get her out, and get her some damn friends.
Doesn’t like running you say? Softball has about the least running of any team sport. Just saying.
Does she have any friends through school that you could do playdates with? My wife was really good about making friends through local Facebook mom groups so my kids also have a few friends from that. Definitely second the notion of having her build friendships with other people her age.
Yesterday we went out in the snow, and she wanted to hit a broken chunk of pavement with a fallen tree branch. Clearly she’s desperate. 
Awesome! Make sure her hands are right (strong hand on top) and that she twists her hips through the swing. Also very good to learn in order to wield a sword for the coming zombie apocalypse. If you can hit a ball, you can hit a zombie.
I might use that actually. Our coaching staff is going to be doing a kindergarten softball clinic in a few weeks. I wonder how I can make a zombie out of a batting tee…
Today she pretended to be a teacher.
She started by assigning students to be: Teddy Bears, Ballerinas, and Gods. And then assigning each team different activities.
Teddy bears had to start doing work.
Ballerinas could watch a movie first before doing work.
Gods could go through a portal to the Land of Peace.
After a lot of arguing and complaining she eventually shifted around who is the most special, but she seems oddly firm in this whole separate and unequal thing. Occasionally she tossed out some oddly AO/Political arguments like “teddybears don’t need to feel bad because they are still better off than anyone has ever been in the whole world.”