Yesterday morning, little miss Haana and I were playing and cooing with Bobby boy. The boy was on his changing pad. Suddenly little miss Haana's hand flicked the strap of the changing pad and the buckle hit the boy on his face. It didn't really hit him that much, but it caught him by a surprise. A surprise that he didn't like. He started crying, looking very unhappy. I proceeded to pick him up to comfort him, but for little miss Haana the damage was done. She felt really upset and left immediately. I finally found her a little while later moping in her room.
Later that evening, little miss Haana and I were playing and talking to little Bobby boy and he smiled his patented melt-your-heart most wonderful smile! Of course it melted our hearts and both little miss Haana and I laughed. Haana then let out a high pitched yelp full of excitement and love. Only the little boy was caught by surprise and immediately the smile turned upside down into a frown. He cried. Little miss Haana went from feeling elated to feeling like a disappointment. And she slunked away.
I found her in her room moping under a blanket. She claimed the little boy is mad at her, he doesn't even like her. Aww, i thought, how does she come up with such crazy ideas! I reminded her how he loves her talking to him, how he listens intently to her playing the violin - even when he may have been upset, how he listens to her reading to him. He must love all those things she does for him. And then I reminded her, he's just a baby yet. He doesn't know how to be mad at someone just yet. He just got surprised at something happening to him suddenly, that's all! And he doesn't know of any other way to communicate than to cry.
It took sometime, but she eventually came around, and all is well in my world again!
