… that territorial stuff starts to kick in!

Age 4: a pretty nameplate produced at preschool, and put up there by Mum.

Age 5: a polite notice that says ¨Private room, do not come in, Antonia¨, posted on own initiative.

Age 6: ¨Keep Out Worm¨, courtesy of the Horrid Henry annual, very much on own initiative!

Antonia has always been a very fair child. This is my little present this morning:

¨Keep out vacsinase (vaccination) prick¨ ! Three out of four words spelled correctly, I note. We are getting somewhere. Hmmm,… and just who am I supposed to be keeping out of my room?? Anyway, all this territorial stuff is just going through the motions at the moment. Little Miss is aware that personal space exists, but it isn’t really part of her psyche yet. We’ll see later on.