Toddler tantrums
Today was my friend’s sons 2nd birthday. She’d organised a party for him with family and friends. I took Josh along, planning to only go for a couple of hours so that he wouldn’t miss his afternoon nap. Josh can be a bit of a handful at times so I thought this would be a good opportunity to run around and work off some energy.
Just wow… He did not stop moving the entire time we were there! Down the stairs, up the stairs. Into the back yard, into the house. On the patio, off the patio… I had to keep a close eye on him as he is still a baby and was the youngest kid there. He was very social and outgoing and tried to have conversations with everyone he saw in that little babble language of his, complete with hand gestures. My kid is definitely an extrovert. I think he stole the show with that personality of his.
On the other hand, the birthday boy (I’ll call him Dan in this blog) was very quiet and kept throwing tantrums. He kept hiding from everyone and didn’t want anybody to touch his toys. I think he was very overwhelmed by the attention and his mum said he hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before. I took lots of photos and managed to get a couple of nice ones of him playing with a new toy and not crying, which was nice.
It got me thinking on how different these two children are. I know that we (the mothers) were hoping they will be friends as they get older. So far I’m not sure, their personalities are very different. Josh is very outgoing, talkative, and shares his toys freely. Dan seems to be very territorial of his toys and he is also very shy. He doesn’t seem to like playing with Josh much. Maybe Josh is just a tad overwhelming for him. Dan also seems to have a little bit of a mean streak. Once he slammed Josh’s fingers hard in the screen door. Josh burst into tears, Dan thought it was very funny and tried to do it again. His mum didn’t really discipline him, either. I suppose that doesn’t help too much.
Josh’s birthday is coming up in August. I’m not sure if I’ll throw him a party, I don’t know many other people with babies around his age to stop the party becoming just a house full of adults. I think I need to join a play group or something, to meet more mums with bubs.
But, party or no party, I’ll make sure Josh still has a great day 
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