How Do You Know?

One of my biggest gripes when Amelia was a baby was that it was very hard to tell what was bothering her when she was sick...and she was sick all the time. So, as parents you just have to do your best to look for signs and do what you can to help. Now, flash forward a year or so to a new and improved Amelia that talks more than almost any human could bear to hear. I assumed this would be a huge help in the area of sick child diagnosis. However, we have encountered a problem I never anticipated...she likes to pretend...and she's really good at it. That said, I really have no way of knowing when she is sick or when she is going for an Oscar. After all, this is a girl who cried, shedding actual tears, for almost an hour saying she "broke her crown" after watching a Humpty Dumpty video. So, tonight she has whined multiple times that her head hurts. When I asked her why, she said it was because "Mackenzie hit it...with a hammer". Sure, I suppose that could have happened, but it is more likely that Amelia has now decided to combine the truth with her make believe stories in an attempt to really confuse her parents and make them look like complete morons.