I’m harboring a terrorist!
August 21, 2008
When I was pregnant with Ayzah, I always thought she was a more “active baby”. She was definitely more aggressive than Iman, in terms of jabbing elbows and legs and kicking really hard! Hard enough to hurt! So naturally when she was born, I assumed she would be a bit more “aggressive”. Completely to my surprise, Ayzah was born a very calm child. She wasn’t fussy about things, she wouldn’t even raise her voice when crying. Much in the earlier part of the year she was SO quiet that I was quite scared of her ability to talk!! She was one quiet baby!
Then she crossed her first birthday, and the downright terrorism came out! She turned into a fierce toddler who will use any means neccessary to get her way. She’ll scream, make angry faces by scrunching her eyebrows, or even smack us at times.
Poor Iman gets the worst of it! Even though Ayzah is much smaller than her, it doesn’t stop the bullying. She’ll come up to Iman, pull at her shirt so she’s down at her level, and then give her a good hard smack.
Needless to say, I am hanging my head in shame. How did my calm, peaceful, innocent baby turn into this vicious little bully?
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jammie | August 21, 2008 at 4:50 pm
you know middle children- and im saying that coz inshallah ayzah will be one- always feel the need to fight harder. Somehow. I have seen it in my sister in my cousins- they feel they get sandwiched between the star of the family and the baby of the family…maybe shes sensing the change already!!
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Sheza | August 21, 2008 at 10:38 pm
i dont know where eesa got it from! he was soooooooooo calm until he turned two. OMG!! all hell broke loose, he’s soooo mean now!!
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Mona | August 22, 2008 at 8:59 am
lol, hina. maybe it’s just a phase. you know, what jammie said is kinda true too. middle kids are usually more aggressive and stubborn. i say usually because i do know some that are totally laidback – totally the opposite.
p.s. hana’s going through a biting phase – what do i dooooo?
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hinamommy | August 22, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Let her bite, she’ll grow out of it
Just tell her that it hurts you, and make a sad face to help her understand. I think facial expressions work so well with little kids. Happy, sad, mad… etc. They learn to express their own emotions and understand others, without having to get physical.
I hope she isn’t biting you…
Oh and one thing, don’t bite her in play. You know when adults “take a bite” out of kids as a fun thing. You know what I mean?? Well, kids love to copy… so if that’s the case, you know what to do!
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Mona | August 24, 2008 at 2:23 am
so far hina, i’m the only person she bites – she doesn’t bite too hard. but i’m worried she’ll try it with other kids and adults.
and i’ve gotta stop pretend-eating her – even though i don’t ‘bite’ her as such. here’s crossing my fingers that this goes away soon enough on its own…