My Poor Baby’s Hand
I attended a children’s party earlier this evening. I brought my 2 kids with me, ages 8 and 1 yr & 8-mos-old. Hubby came along against his will. Yeah, I quite forced him coz I wanted him to assist me. Anyway, everything almost went well. My baby girl Zoe somehow enjoyed the place (I could tell she hated it earlier, hehe) and had been walking to and fro. Another friend was also invited and she brought along her 23-months-old chubby daughter. When her kid saw Zoe, she seem to like her. My friend said she’s fond of babies her age. I’ve watched over my kid and the yaya of my friend also watch her ‘alaga’ in a near distance. But when my daughter went to one of the chairs, my friend’s daughter also went there and tried to squeeze my daughter’s hand. I guess she was quite ‘gigil’ with Zoe. So, I took my child and let her play in another area. However, Zoe went to that chair again and my friend’s child just came rushing to that area but this time, bit my daughter’s hand so hard I was totally horrified!
Zoe of course was wailing and I took her out of the room. In there she puked a little and when I looked at her little hand, I saw teeth marks deeply buried near Zoe’s right pointer. It was so red that I asked one of the waiters to send me some ice. Hubby followed and was quite pissed off. My friend was also in shocked and apologized. Zoe was still crying so hard that I don’t know how to calm her down. My friend also brought her daughter and let her show what she did and she must say sorry. Friend was worried if the bites wounded Zoe’s hand. Actually, she left a tiny bit of blood in there but I couldn’t tell earlier because of the swell.
Zoe’s little hand with bite marks. It’s more reddish now and if you look closely, there’s a tiny dot of blood.
Well, I’ve to understand also that my friend’s child is still a baby and could not comprehend what she did. I cannot blame the kid and I cannot be angry at her. But of course, I’m sad for the turn of events. My kid/s don’t bite and I’m wondering why my kids are well-behaved. Sometimes, I wish they would fight back but well, that’s going too far. Hubby put alcohol at Zoe’s hand to disinfect whatever was in there (could there be rabies? hehe).
My eldest child was left in the party area while we tried to soothe Zoe outside. My friend kept coming back and forth to check and later brought the yaya with her. She then tried to explain to me what had happened as per her yaya’s views. They said that my daughter pinched her kid that’s why she bit Zoe. With that, I glared at the yaya. I SAW THE WHOLE SCENARIO! I know what the yaya was trying to do. She was saving faces. With that I snapped a bit and told them (mostly facing the yaya) that I knew and saw what had happened and Zoe Never EVER pinched anyone! I do understand that the other kid was so gigil but Zoe never pinched her! In fact, everytime Zoe came near to that certain chair, her kid came rushing. First, to squeeze and next, to bite! My friend even earlier told me that her child always bite her, pinch her so therefore, it cannot be avoided that she will also bite another person. Unfortunately, it happened to my precious girl. I guess my voice raised a little when I explained that to them. I can’t help it! I’m the mom and I have to protect my daughter.
I tried to cool down myself and later joined my eldest when it was time for dinner. Zoe was calm already, she ate spaghetti while I let her sat on my lap. Later she stopped eating only to be told by my husband that she had fallen asleep. With that, I told the hostess of the party (mother of the celebrant) that we would leave and I thanked her for the invitation. My friend and her child (also asleep) also left but we were okay already. My friend told me that her daughter’s going to celebrate her 2nd birthday next month and that we are invited. So, what do you think is on my mind?
Linking this post to RFR. Also my first time to join this meme:
