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Yes, you are. This is call pretend play. Become part of her play, give her new vocabulary, teach different skills while playing.
Last but not least stop feeding her, teach her to eat by herself and help her be independent.
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You mentioned she doesn’t go to daycare, hasn’t started school yet, and there aren’t any other kids in the neighbourhood for her to socialise with. It’s possible she just needs someone to play with. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about. I used to take care of neighbour’s son, who was around 3 at the time, when she had to go out and he also had an imaginary friend for a while. He was also an only child at the time and didn’t have anyone to play with as most of the neighbouring children were much older. It gradually decreased and eventually disappeared when he started school and started having some real friend’s to play with.
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Just make sure she is not watching “those” movies with kids and their imaginary friends!!
4 Qul and Ayat-ul-kursi is also a good thing, I don’t think there should be anything to worry about insha Allah but kids are like Phool, unko dum waghera kertay rehna chahye… (and just in case your concern comes out true god forbid and which I don’t think is going on). I think its the age phase… but keep an eye on her and her activities especially when she is alone … love to the baby!! 
I wouldn’t want to neglect anything about my baby which I will feel odd.. its not I will take it on my nerves and react insanely but I wouldn’t ignore it either!!
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Kids make up characters and playmates when they don’t have siblings and get lonely.
Both of my nieces would do this all the time until they started daycare/preschool. In fact, when the older one moved away, the second one would pretend to be playing with her at times because she missed her so much and doesn’t have siblings.
Jeff could have been a character on TV, someone she met at the doc’s office in the play area who seemed fun to her, etc.
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it’s normal for a kid to have imaginary friend or play with pretend friends. they will grow out of it quickly. i wouldn’t worry too much.
she seems to be alone and that’s probably causing her to have imaginary friend a little more than average. it’ll be good for her if she is taken to a daycare or enrolled in community programs for toddlers.
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Thanks for the advice. The feeding part doesn’t go on everyday. She eats independently now. I was with her for a week after many months, which is why I wanted to feed her myself.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences both of you. I’m not sure if loneliness is the reason since she has friends [as far as I know my younger cousins her age] that are dropped off to play with her almost every other day. But I hope it does get better with time.
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Yeah she only watches cartoons or other educational videos but I’ll call my mother and ask her to keep a close look at her TV watching. Dum wageyra ka b boloogi mom kaw. You sound like an awesome mother. Thanks, I feel much at ease now.
Yes I’ll see what I can do to increase her contact with other kids. Thanks for the advice.
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cashmere, I am just a mom-to-be 
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Well in that case, your baby-to-be shall be very lucky inshaAllah 
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I had an imaginary friend as a child. And no, I don’t see dead people
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^:hehe:
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When I say loneliness…I actually mean another child in the house or within easy access that can be of company to the child. Usually, that would be a sibling.