Yesterday myself, Naren and Ojas(my 2.5months old son for those who had not read the previous posts) went shopping to Baby Shop for some of Ojas’s essentials like diapers etc. Ojas got a little hungry and Naren sat on a sofa and was feeding him from the bottle when one curious looking 2-year old boy came and stood over watching Ojas, naren smiled at him thinking he is one of thse who get fascinated by little kids and then suddenly out of the blue he slapped my little one on his cheeks and so hard the bottle came out of his mouth. What had my poor little child done to him to get a thrashing but then I guess this is a harsh world but for heavens sake my son is just 2.5months old…. In an instant reaction Naren pushed that guy back and a little hard may be he shouldnt have done it or may be he should have…. but if u think from the perspective of a new father I guess his rection was totally justified. He is still feeling guilty that he couldnt protect his son…. and both of us have become paranoids now, whenever we see any small kid around him we get extra alert and dont let the kid anywhere near him. I guess it will take some time for us to recover from the shock. Ojas on the other hand has recovered faster, for one day he refused to take the bottle at all I guess it reminded him of the blow but he is fine now… we still have to recover 🙂
But I am still wondering what made that kid hit such a small tiny infant? Was it jealousy or was it something else….
Apart from this things are moving really fast, taking care of Ojas is a full time activity and now that he has started responding by smiles and coos its really fun playing with him. 🙂 I have also started getting back to blogworld, would get back to my favorite blogs one by one now…. and also started my job search back lets see what happens… wish me luck….
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O-Oh! That was really awful of the boy. Did you speak to his parents? Did they know about it? Did they apologise?
Anyone would be paranoid after such an event.
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@nm,
ya the mother came after she heard Ojas wailing and said sorry 2-3 times , she said that he has got into a habit of hitting people oflate i really dont know whether to blame her or not…
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Don’t worry so much. The little ones are much tougher than we adults think…mebbe the 2 yr old has another new born sibling and relates the same to all other babies…the jealousy factor..As far as your hubby’s reaction is concerned, au natural..he’ll get more relaxed as time passes 🙂
@wm,
ya i guess so, as i mentioned he has recovered and we are yet too 🙂
how sad.please give ojas a big hug from this naani.Children are ver unpredictable so it is better to be safe than sorry.You were lucky once but may not be the next time.No,I don’t blame the kid but the mother should have keptan eye on him knowing his habit.
@hip grandma,
thanks will surely pass ur hug… and ya we have learnt our lesson now and are more than careful. I agree with u on that the mother should have kept an eye and also should be doing something to deal with the habit. The way it went she surely said sorry to us but didnt say a word to the kid.
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Yes the kid was probably jealous and had possibly been made to give up his own bottle just a wee bit back! 2 year-olds don’t really know about someone else’s pain or what they are about. Mum should have kept an eye on him.
@hill grandmom,
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