Sunday, August 28, 2011

Tough Love


Living with a growing human being isn't always the joy I write about. Recently Ellie has discovered the emotions of frustration and anger. And what does a non-verbal person do to express themselves when they don't have the words? Fling their little arm into your general direction. When holding little frustrated person this means putting your precious head in harms way. As poor Grandma found out (Ellie just received holes in her ears... I decided to go for it and have her ears pierced so she was sensitive about those earlobes.  The cute picture of Grandma and Ellie is found in the post below).

So work has begun to teach that striking people is not the most effective long term solution to communicating. But until her words come, I'd suggest everyone keep their heads at a distance.
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  1. sproutAugust 30, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    This post reminded me of a column i read recently about toddler hitting being the first sign of a Type A personality. Actually the article just shared the woman's experience with her own little hitter, but I'll be curious if that statement ends up being true. (article here if you're interested: http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/sarah-james-what-in-the-whoorld/2011/08/11/my-one-year-old-beats-me-up/)

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