Honestly, wouldn't it be so funny if Ella grew up to be a little tomboy?!
No interest in fashion, make up, hair, baking, posing and preening
A proper grubby little tomboy who was into football and getting mucky
What makes me feel sad is that even if she does wants to be like this she won’t be allowed to be. She’s a dolly to dress up and show off like an accessory. Lauren doesn’t seem to understand that children learn through exploration and making messes. Sure, the mess free painting type stuff has its place - if for whatever reason you need to make sure your house doesn’t need any cleaning for the day or your kids want to do something arty and you can’t face the clean up the go ahead, but a lot of baby and early years activities are sensory because that is how they learn about the world, and part of that sensory experience is getting the paint/jelly/dough/whatever everywhere and seeing what happens with the colours and textures. She blended a load of breakfast cereal up to make ‘sand’ that is safe for babies recently - that’s a great idea. But then she said that she was dreading the mess but that Ella playing with it really “nicely”. FFS Lauren, the object of baby play is not for them to play “nicely” and delicately with something! It would have been great if she really let Ella explore it - adds bit of water to it, what happens then? Let he mould the damp crumbs together and squish it etc. She doesn’t get it at all.
We’ve never even seen a poo explosion or the usual weaning mess 
