Sorry ‘bout that, BykrBayb. I DID think you were writing about the little girl. I guess one could refer to “person” as “it”, especially if you don’t know it the person is a male or female. My bad. Sorry, again.
Not a problem. I’ve actually seen people call babies “it.” That’s so infuriating. But it’s not uncommon to use the wrong pronoun from time to time. I’ve been known to say “they” when referring to only one person whose gender is unknown. But I try not to say “it” unless it’s someone like Helen Thomas, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Moore, etc.