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December 24 — 1:46pm
“Riley”
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Eva idolises her 6-year-old cousin Riley. Every time we come down to Melbourne, I always notice a huge cognitive and linguistic jump in Eva’s abilities once we are back in Brisbane, and I think I big part of this is from her playing with Riley. It’s a love-hate relationship though. Eva loves to play with whatever toy Riley has, and Riley hates having to share. But for the most part, they play well together and Riley is a model big cousin. And though it can be wearing adjudicating between an irrational toddler and an intransigent 6-year old, it’s these trips that make me regret not having more family around for Eva to spend time with.
