Stranger Anxiety
The D Space
This is something very common with kids, starting around 9-10 months and can go on for as long as they are 18 months.
This is when kids start bawling whenever they are around strangers.
This used to happen to Rhea a lot, whenever she met anyone new, especially when they are indian. I think , it had to do with the fact that indians , in general are pretty hands-on with kids, and approach them directly, while american, tend to view them from a distance, completely a cultural thing. Or maybe Rhea just liked white people.
Rohan and Ryan have some stranger anxiety. They don't like random people, even known people like Tania, carrying them. They have the confused look .. "Should i cry cos someone i don't know is carrying me? Or should i be happy because someone *is* carrying me?" But they don't bawl on seeing strangers, like Rhea used to.
So the good news is that they have very little stranger anxiety.
The bad news is that they have no fear of anything else, and to compound it, like most 1 year olds, have very poor judgement..
"Oh wow, it would be fun to climb up on the table"
"Uh oh, how do i get down".
"Maybe I can dive down head first..that should work.."
As a result, Rohan had his first bump on his forehead, and also hurt his teeth while negotiating the gate at the bottom of the stairs at Molly's house.
He was trying to test the gate, and fell , tumbled onto the wood, this was before Fiona had even laid the diaper bag down.
The bleeding stopped after some ice, and a popsicle, and he was *back* at it again, and tumbled again.
He's a climber he is. Will climb onto anything. He uses the wagon , the Dora chair, and Rhea's stroller or chair (all of which have varying levels of instability) to climb up onto the couch, or to try and open the pantry door, and then will give a triumphant smile, whenever he gets up there.
If i'm sitting next to the couch, he will even attempt to climb onto me, so that he can get to the couch. Then onto the lamp, to try and pull it down.
Or to the blinds, to try and hit them, cos that's a lot of fun too.
This is something very common with kids, starting around 9-10 months and can go on for as long as they are 18 months.
This is when kids start bawling whenever they are around strangers.
This used to happen to Rhea a lot, whenever she met anyone new, especially when they are indian. I think , it had to do with the fact that indians , in general are pretty hands-on with kids, and approach them directly, while american, tend to view them from a distance, completely a cultural thing. Or maybe Rhea just liked white people.
Rohan and Ryan have some stranger anxiety. They don't like random people, even known people like Tania, carrying them. They have the confused look .. "Should i cry cos someone i don't know is carrying me? Or should i be happy because someone *is* carrying me?" But they don't bawl on seeing strangers, like Rhea used to.
So the good news is that they have very little stranger anxiety.
The bad news is that they have no fear of anything else, and to compound it, like most 1 year olds, have very poor judgement..
"Oh wow, it would be fun to climb up on the table"
"Uh oh, how do i get down".
"Maybe I can dive down head first..that should work.."
As a result, Rohan had his first bump on his forehead, and also hurt his teeth while negotiating the gate at the bottom of the stairs at Molly's house.
He was trying to test the gate, and fell , tumbled onto the wood, this was before Fiona had even laid the diaper bag down.
The bleeding stopped after some ice, and a popsicle, and he was *back* at it again, and tumbled again.
He's a climber he is. Will climb onto anything. He uses the wagon , the Dora chair, and Rhea's stroller or chair (all of which have varying levels of instability) to climb up onto the couch, or to try and open the pantry door, and then will give a triumphant smile, whenever he gets up there.
If i'm sitting next to the couch, he will even attempt to climb onto me, so that he can get to the couch. Then onto the lamp, to try and pull it down.
Or to the blinds, to try and hit them, cos that's a lot of fun too.
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