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Lainey likes her brother -- for now.
My daughter Lainey is 5 years old, and I love her. Lately she’s made several advancements: she tied her shoes, received her first report card, improved her reading skills, swam in the deep end at the pool and, perhaps most impressively, embraced the role of big sister. Lainey wasn’t so nurturing at first. She whined constantly and was starved for attention. Then little Joey gave her that first big smile, and like the rest of the family, she was smitten. Lainey soon morphed Joseph Standley into several affectionate pet names. First was "Joey," then "Jo-Jo," followed by "Yo-Yo," which turned into "Yo-Who-Yo," and "Yo-Who-He-Ha-Who." Other names like "Young" and "Cute-Toot" are also used. But if a stranger asks what the baby’s name is, Lainey…
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