We had some friends over today, and Hannah had a playmate about her age (only about a week apart). Both 6-month-old girls were sitting facing each other and cooing and squirming. All of a sudden, Hannah ended up head-butting Em. Through the course of sitting while facing each other, Hannah also ended up whacking her playmate with the stuffed monkey they were "sharing". Though they're the same age practically, Hannah's much larger and her mass causes more force in all of her motions. I just hope that she doesn't end up inadvertently or intentionally ever bullying other kids.
When we get together with another friend whose son is about 10 months old, he ends up head-butting Hannah while he's crawling around and trying to play with her. He also ends up taking whatever toy that she's playing with at the time, which is what Hannah did to her playmate today.
Of course none of it is malicious. All of this is just attempts at moving around and learning to grab things, and the babies really aren't even "playing together" persay. It's sorta funny/cute to observe for now, but it also makes me wonder about her future interactions with her peers. Don't want her to be a bully but also don't want her to be bullied. What's a parent to do? I probably need to read more books or something, since up till now, I haven't read any books about child interactions and issues. And of course I don't really remember my child development class from college either. But I know this is all normal stuff that's a part of development.
Oh...she had another blow out today! YUK! I couldn't believe it! It was another day of refusing to poo in the morning and early afternoon. So by evening she's sitting there playing, and I hear her let her bowels loose. It went everywhere - all the way up her back, all over her onesie, to the overalls. I blame it on the diapers. These disposables just aren't very good - or this particular batch. We've used the brand (Especially for Baby Supreme) before and we really liked them, but the glue used in manufacturing got everywhere in this batch and has made them stiff and unabsorbent.
I think I am getting the bug that Hannah and DH have. I'm starting to get a slightly runny nose.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Baby Bullies?
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Oh no - stay healthy! There's nothing harder than you getting sick and having to take care of a baby all day long. Don't worry about Hannah turning into a bully as long as you emphasize sharing with her when she's a little older. :) Chloe's just now starting to interact instead of just parallel play so you've still got at least 18 months to go. I found that the babies who grabbed toys didn't turn out to be aggressive necessarily as toddlers. The passive babies however tended to stay shy as toddlers. I don't know how universally true that is, but it seemed true in our playgroup.
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