Her imaginary friend arrived about a month ago. Her name is Pinky, she is 'five and a half', and she now has a chair at the table and a small steel plate that must have a bit of everything. We've been playing along. My partner thinks we're overdoing it. Is there a point where you stop setting the plate? Or do you let it fade on its own?
our son had one at about that age. a dog called boss. we fed boss for maybe four months, then one day boss went to his village and never came back. no idea where that came from
Boss going to his village is perfect. Did your son ever bring him up again later?
Our elder one had one too. We set the place for a while, then started saying the friend had eaten at her own house today. He accepted it more easily than we expected.
That's clever. Ours got a second plate for a while as well, and the friend refused vegetables, which turned into a useful conversation. Our younger one used his friend to say things he didn't want to say himself.
Late to this, but the 'ate at her own house' line is going into my notes. Our younger daughter's friend was a rabbit who needed carrots at every meal. She's 8 now and claims she doesn't remember any of it ❤️
Keep the plate. Our daughter's imaginary friend needed a seat in the car for a year and we had to wait for her to 'buckle in'. She's 13 now and it's still one of our favourite stories to tell. She hates it 🙂
The seatbelt one is great. Our son had one who had to be waited for at the lift. We missed a lot of lifts that year.
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