1: Liam now loves the crust of fried cheese that forms on the edge of a grilled cheese sandwich. He used to refuse it. I’m very sad about this because it’s my favorite part.
2: Liam is going through something where he wants to be carried everywhere. “Mama, carry” is uttered constantly. I usually oblige unless I’m in the middle of something or my hands are full. The last time I picked him up I said “Liam, Mama is a sucker.” Now he walks around saying “Mama, sucker.”
3:  Liam says “Saaaa” anytime he does something he knows he’s not supposed to do. I used to think he was saying “sorry” but now I’m beginning to wonder if he’s advanced to a more adolescent response and is actually saying “Soooo?”
4: Watching Liam be rebuffed by other kids is actually more painful than watching him get physically hurt. His little face crumples and he comes to me with outstretched arms and then wonders (I’m sure) why Mama can’t fix everything. I wish that I could.
Could I please have the name and addresses of said ‘other kids’?
I kept trying to come up with some sort of funny/witty reference to violenace until I realized that none of them were good enough because I actually was angry.
I’ll leave it to your/Matt/Liam’s discretion as to when to play the ‘Aunt Allen’ card. You can use it more than once just 10-life years apart.
Believe me, I know. The first incident wasn’t as bad since the mother quickly reacted and had the kid apologize and it was clearly the actions of a younger brother who has to snatch and yell just to be heard. The second incident involved a little girl who just pushed Liam off the “fire truck” at the park. That was the one that made me mad since the mother’s reaction was to flippantly say something like “be careful with babies” while my child was lying on his back in the dirt. This just underscores what I already knew to be true: most of the time kids aren’t the problem, parents are.