I took Little Man to visit a friend this weekend. He is a typical toddler - sucks at sharing, everything is MINE, and he has his moments when he can be a bit of a bully if he thinks he can get away with it. The last time he and SCR played together (over a year ago), Little Man realized very quickly that he was a mover and a shaker while SCR was more into sitting and observing so the bully came out. Needless to say I was a little concerned about his behavior this time round.
Ah my child pleasantly surprised me. He played nice (except when it came to puppy but mama doesn't believe in forcing the issue when it comes to a security blanket). SCR was more than happy to share his froggie though so PFFT to Mama and Little Man.
He generally behaved himself except he may have been a slightly bad influence. SCR does not require gates at the stairs. He knows better than to go up or down if mama isn't around. My son on the other hand, decides to climb up and then down the stairs - wood stairs - no carpet. Nice and hard. Child, I understand your long term memory is basically shit right now so let me be your memory for you. Back when you were approximately 6 months of age you didn't just fall down the stairs, you flipped head over heels twice, in the air, down the stairs. You scared the living shit out of your parents. So because you've forgotten YOU DO NOT GO NEAR STAIRS WITHOUT A ADULT.
I was very proud of myself. I remained calm and did not startle the boy while he was trying to climb back down. I don't care how non-skid pjs claim to be - nothing is completely skid free on wood. I managed to get to him before he made it more than two stairs and escorted him safely back down - in my arms.
I am waiting for the phone call, text, email, FB post about how bad an influence my son was on SCR and he has now decided it is cool to climb stairs alone. I'M SORRY! My kid takes after me which means being a bad influence as well as being exceptionally cute.
Ok. You can stop laughing now. I don't want to be blamed for you choking on top of it.
Anywho, back to the exceptional sharer that is my child. Oh wait, before I can get to that, I need to mention one more bad influence. Little Man is allowed to walk around the house with his sippy cup. That is a battle I chose not to fight. SCR is not. Oops.
SCR put his cup down behind the chair and of course, forgot where he put it. He looked, shrugged. Little Man looked. Shrugged. Keep in mind, they aren't even 2 yet so looking means barely turning their little heads and if it isn't immediately in eye sight, its lost. So what does my wonderful but snotty-nosed child do? He hands SCR his sippy cup so SCR could have some milk. Thankfully SCR had his own snotty-nose action going on so I can't be blamed for stairs and sippy cups outside of the kitchen and a cold. Whew! No trifecta for me.
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