Had lunch at my Aunts house today. I have three cousing, one is a bit of a laatlammetjie (late comer) the other two are 13 and 15 (I think).

So anyways, Alex the 2 year old, is lying down with Christi (13) and starts biting her. She yelps, we laugh and he carries on like any two year old would. He bites her again, looks up at us and puts on a huge smile that only a 2 year old could. He bites her again. This time it is a proper "I'm two, I'm a big boy, feel my bite" sort of bite. We laugh (Me and Nicole, yes, I'm Nic and my cousin is Nicole, I'm Greek, what do you expect?) and carry on.

Christi then threatens to bite Alex back. Dot, my Aunt says sure go for it, and this is how the conversation continued and ended:

Christi: I'm gonna bite him Mom
Dot: Ok, sure, go for it
Christi: But if I bite him you're gonna shout at me and say he's only two how could I
Dot: No, I wont, bite him and lets see
Christi: (leans over to Alex and...CHOMP)
Alex: (Balls his little eyes out clutches his arm and yelps with 'pain')
Dot: CHRISTI!!!!!!
Christi: You see, I told you you would shout at me
Dot: But you just bit him... HE'S ONLY TWO!!!!!!

Alex cries as only a two year old can cry, that dry, empty, "I forgot why I'm crying" kind of cry. He then gets over it, looks up at Dot and says: "I bite Chisti" (He cant pronounce the 'r' in Christi).

He gets up, walks towards her with a smile on his face and SMACK, whacks her on the leg, throws his dummie out of his mouth, leans in and CHOMP bites her on the leg. That's it, games over, fun's done and it's Time Out for Alex.

Life is a game at two years old. We could learn alot from that.

In no way, shape or form do I condone biting, unless the person has asked you to do it!

Labels: Biting, Family, Personal, Sunday