She is a very sociable baby. Apart from smiling to neighbours in the lift, she gets especially excited and friendly when she sees another baby/ toddler or as we always address it to her "friend".
From her stroller, she would reach out her hand to touch the other baby in the stroller or if the other baby is a distance away, she would point her index finger to the baby make cute little sounds and look at us for approval. We would always reply with "Friend, Nurul, say "Hi", "Hello" and wave her hands.
Since the last time we brought her to Gymboree play last year when she was 4-5mths old, we have yet to let her mingle about with babies her age. At Gymboree last year, the group consisted of 20 odd babies from 4mths to 10mths old. Although Nurul was one of the younger ones in the group, she was already actively chasing after soap bubbles and interacting with other babies by touching their hands.
But the other side of her character which seems to be showing more the last few wks is worrying to me. She will throw little temper tantrums if we take something she shouldn't be playing with away from her. She would cry and if we are holding her, she would struggle and arch her back.
Initially, being the more "lenient" parent, I would give in and give the item (eg. my handphone)back to her and keep a watchful eye on her. But with time, I noticed that she would use her "trick" of crying and arching her back almost everytime that she is unhappy.
Being the first grandchild of both my hubb's and my side, she is always in the limelight and are given so much attention. I am afraid that when the Lil Sis or Bro comes along in the future, and when the attention will be on the Lil one, she would be very difficult to handle, and
There was a time when she tried to climb up the Ikea Pouffe footstool. We said a very loud "NO" to her and placed her back down on the floor. She cried out at first and started to throw tantrums. Seeing that her crying was not getting our attention, she stopped crying and tried climbing up again. We repeated our "NO" and placed her down on the floor again. This time round when we ignored her crying and tantrums, she surprisingly moved on to playing with something else!
From that incident we know that, apart from her determined, "hardboiled" nature, that if we ignore her crying and tantrums, she would give up coz "it is not fun anymore as my parents are not giving in to me."Here are other methods of handling your lil one's tantrums.
I certainly hope (and pray!) that we wont see her crying and rolling on the floor of Toys' R Us!
posted by LiN at 10:54 AM
