My toddler will kick your toddlers ass
Posted
August 25, 2008 at
1:01 pm by
Tracy
My daughter is a social butterfly.
Thus far, she hasn’t been around too too many children but that doesn’t stop her. She beams at strangers, and offers up her hands to be picked up while were at the tea house having lunch. She babbles to anyone that will listen, and is quite the attention whore.
Lately though, she’s been kind of a bully. This weekend was filled with children; on Saturday we went to a second birthday for my husbands, friends, son. Paige rode a pony, lurked next to a Backyardigan, and ate some pizza. She also knocked a little girl to the ground with one of her “you’re going to like this if it kills you…” hugs. No tears were shed, but I stubbed my toe trying to catch both toddlers as they tumbled towards the cement.
Sunday, we had a BBQ of our own with one of my newest mom friend, her husband, and their daughter. Paige was playing nice for awhile, but than she started PINCHING her future BFF. I was sort of embarrassed so I just mumbled “I forgot to mention she’s a pincher…” and all was well until Paige went on to rip bff’s pacifer out of her mouth any chance she got. This caused tears. What a monster! After pacifcer stealing we moved on to assault and she began smacking quite forcefully if BFF wasn’t paying attention. More tears, and a lot of “no, no PAIGE NOS” later, it was bed time.
If my kid keeps up with the abuse she’s never going to have ANY friends! Behind that dimpled smile is a monster waiting to pinch you, smack you, and [while you're in shock] steal your favorite stuffed animal.
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1. Maddy said:
August 25, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
Yup, some things can be really difficult to UNlearn.
Best wishes
2. Allison G_MOD said:
August 25, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
She’ll grow out of it. In the mean time, show the parents that you actually care, by stepping in when your kid is in the wrong. As long as I see the parents trying to stop the issues, I never take offense when toddlers act like, well, toddlers.
What irks the shit out of me is when older kids act like assholes to my kids, and the parents just shrug it off. I don’t let my kids get away with that crap, and neither should they. Many is the time that I’m secretly wishing my 7 y.o. son would beat the shit out of his best friend for picking on him or hitting him, since my best friend never does anything about it………
3. Mary Beth said:
August 25, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
Allison, that is hilarious. It really is but I feel your pain! Your best friend never does anything about her kid hitting yours…that stuff just used to wear me out. It honestly made me stop hanging out with some people. I hope you can work it out though. I mean….what are those parents thinking? Just wait until that kid gets in school and promptly gets suspended for doing that in class! Maybe that will get his parents’ attention.
4. Rita said:
August 26, 2008 @ 11:11 am
OMG, that was hilarious.
She will grow out of it. With your guidance (which you are DOING, and as mentioned, a lot of parents don’t, so give yourself a huge pat on the back for that), she will learn to express herself in more acceptable ways. Right now, she’s still a friggin’ baby. Don’t apologize or be embarrassed by babies, just do what you’re doing and guide her along. If she’s still doing it when she’s three, then, yes, go hide your head in the sand and wear a shirt saying, “I’m sorry for whatever my kid just did to your kid.” But, for now, don’t sweat it.
5. momof3_MOD said:
August 26, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
One of my dearest friends kids used to be mean to my daughter. And Im talking MEAN! He would hit, scratch, pinkch, push, kick, throw things at her, take away her pacifier and so on. I never really got upset about it b/c he was so little but now he is older and is still acting this way and the mom (my friend) rarely tells him no or to stop. Now THAT drives me crazy!!! He is bigger now, MUCH bigger than my daughter and still is so mean to her and really anyone that is within arms reach of him. On my daughters 2nd birthday this little boy went right up to my kid and pushed her off the stool by the counter right before the cake was being brought out. She had a HUGE red bump on her forhead for her b-day pics! And there wasnt much of an, ‘Im so sorry! Is she ok?’. Kids will be kids, yes, but my thing is they need to learn how to treat other kids. Im NOT saying that youre not being a good mommy or trying to nip this in the bud Im just giving you my story.
We dont hang around much with my friend and her kids b/c I got sick of leaving her house or them leaving mine and my kids starting to act the same way as her kids. We still talk and sometimes get together but we dont usually have the kids around when we do!
I dont know how old your daughter is but it sounds like shes still pretty little. For now I wouldnt get too worried about it but when she gets older she will have to learn to either play nice or like you said, not have many/any friends, unless they have a high pain tolerance! lol Good luck!
6. Mary Beth said:
August 26, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
Tracy, your little girl is still just a baby and doesn’t get it yet. She will be okay because you are aware of it.