So, anyone with experience in this type of playdate, please feel free to pass along some advice...
Friday, December 19, 2008
First Playdate
Sweet Sylvie's orphanage survival skills made a raging appearance today. Little Brooklyn Hayes came over for a visit this morning. Apparently it is extremely offensive for one's new friend to show ANY interest in playthings. Sylvie was vocal, physical and territorial. Brooklyn was stunned. Moms were not sure what to do.
So, anyone with experience in this type of playdate, please feel free to pass along some advice...
So, anyone with experience in this type of playdate, please feel free to pass along some advice...
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Olivia does that occasionally. But mostly it is if someone (a child) gets in her "bubble". She will scream and try to push them. Thankfully, she is very responsive to our voice. So I just say "Olivia, stop!" and she almost always does! I know that's not much for advice.....
Snicker. Snort. Sorry. I had the same thing happen with Aves about 2 months after we were home. Oh....I didn't know quite what to do! She's better now...kind of...a little bit...okay, maybe just a smidgen...
I think that is normal for a child her age. The sharing thing doesn't come until 3.:) Our Nathaniel was extremely possesive of things and would get very upset if another child played with his stuff. I would just hold him and tell him "we share...they are not going to take your toys home" and let him cry if he needed to. Now he's been here 3 months and he understands that no one is gonna "take his stuff". We just have to remember where they came from the way no such thing as personal property and really, really work on the attachment stuff (even if we think they are adjusting well).
I am so glad she is home and expressing emotion! that is a good thing :)
Addis has been home a year now and is known as the bully of her daycare class. When she gets near them, you can visibly see the other kids shrink back and cringe not knowing what to expect. She has been here since she was 6 months old so I don't think it has anything to do with the orphanage behavior.
I think these Habesha girls are wired a little bit differently!
Maybe...I was wondering..if it is too soon for playdate..only beeing home a few days? With older kids...we were told to bond etc just us for several weeks before introducing new people and even kids...id ont know about several weeks...but maybe something to it?
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