I feel horrible

[Mari_Posa]

DH and I took Sara to this nice park close to our house today around 6 in the evening, figured let her blow off some steam before bed time. Anyway, there were 2 other families there, one which had a small toddler boy, maybe 17 or 18 months old at most. Sara picked up this ball and I didn't realize that it belonged to them since it was just laying in the grass. Well, the lil' boy wanted to play with the ball and approached Sara but she didn't want to give up the ball and came running to me. I asked Sara if she wanted to play with the lil' boy and I over heard the mom ask her son if he wanted to play with Sara. Well, the next thing I know Sara walked up to the boy and suddenly charged at him full speed ahead, held out her arm and knocked him to the ground. I was mortified. I ran up to the boy, said I'm sorry, and handed him over to his mom, he was in tears crying hard. I tried to explain to Sara what she did was wrong, to say I'm sorry, and when I picked her up she threw a total tantrum and started to hit me. I was not happy at all. I kept telling the woman over and over again I'm sorry and she just said that these things happen that its ok but I felt like total s***. I should have stayed closer to Sara. Then right afterwards she tried to knock down another lil' girl who was younger than her but I stopped her. My daughter is such a bully. She doesn't act this way with kids her age and behaves so well with older kids. I don't know if I even reacted correctly. Sara has knocked down my neighbors kid but he does it to Sara as well. This is the first time it has ever happened with a stranger's kid. What has me even more worried now is that we are applying to various preschools and some require an interview with Sara. OMG, I've told DH that if they see her act up this way at any of these interviews for certain they will not accept her. :sigh:

[Farah]

I'd feel horrible, too, BUT I think you did the right thing. They have to learn to play without us constantly over their shoulders and when the do something wrong we have to tell them. Same if they do anything right! I would just try showing her "gentle touches" when she's around little babies and see if that helps?

You're doing great, Marilyn. These 2 years olds are giving us a run for our money! :support:

[Jojo]

I'm sorry Marilyn :bluehug: You did all you could. 2 year olds have a mind of their own and you just never know when they are going to do something out of the ordinary.

If this helps at all I usually would make the boys go over and apologize and if they couldn't do that then they would have to sit with me on the bench until they could or we would leave. :support: It's embarrassing but it isn't your fault.

[Ashley]

Oh no, I'm sorry! These incidents are hard. I think you handled it just fine, parents understand that these things happen, especially at that age. I would have felt badly too, but there's only so much we can do. Even if you had been right there she still probably would have done it if that's what was in her mind to do. Ahh, toddlers.. :support:

[BabyLove08]

I'm sorry :hug: kids are gonna be kids, but I think you handled the situation very well! :hug:

[Andrea]

These things happen.:support: A little girl pushed Ava down at the playground a while ago, but Ava handled it really well..she just got up and dusted herself off.:hehe: The little girls mom made her apologize and sit on the bench for a time out. I think that's pretty much all you can do. Eventually they will learn, you are doing a great job.:hug:

[Heather]

Don't feel bad girl! I think you handled it perfectly, and as the others have said, toddlers just do these things! I have no idea how to get it to stop, but when you figure it out, let me know for future reference!:support:

[Elaine]

:bluehug: I think you handled it well. There's not much else you can do in a situation like that. :support:

My sister has always said that toddlers are the most violent creatures on earth. :hehe: They are completely self-centred and don't really care about anything else but what they want at that moment in time.

They sure do keep us on our toes! They're going to make us old before our time... :sigh: