Mommy’s little bodyguard
January 8th, 2008 by Shooi
I am pleased to say that Bryan is extremely protective of me.
Scenario 1
I was having a joke with hubb and he slapped my hand in jest. Bryan seeing that, starts to get angry. And starts crying “MAI MAI MAI” (no, no, no) as if his dad had really hit me.
Later, hubb tried to repeat the scenario to see how Bryan would react. It was almost Bryan’s bed time and we were all in Bryan’s bed playing with Bryan. Suddenly, hubb slapped my hand.
Bryan got really quiet, then he stared at his dad….
Guess what he did next….he lunged forward and gave his daddy a painful bite on his hand.. hahahaha
Scenario 2
It was a working morning. And I was rushing to get things ready for work and I accidentally knock my foot against a chair. I went “OUCH” and sat down to inspect the damage.
Bryan saw that I was hurt and started crying,..” Mommy, mai –mai”. I guess he meant, “Mommy, don’t be hurt”
So I had no choice but to pretend that everything is all right.
Scenario 3
He is pretty rough with his daddy. Maybe because his daddy plays rough with him all the time, and I don’t. He’ll bite, knock, hit, slap and cubit his dad, during play time, or when he is angry with his dad. And my little boy is developing quite a temper.
If his daddy says anything that he doesn’t like, he will hit and slap his daddy.
Last weekend, we were at the mall, and we were at the light bulbs section. Hubb was looking for some bulbs for our new house. Bryan was walking around inspecting the goods there, then he spotted the round fluorescent lamp and he wanted to play with it. He thinks it is some kind of steering wheel and he wants to turn and turn it.
I was afraid that he may break it, so I told him “No” – Gently at first and when the gentle warning don’t work, a little harsh.
Needless to say, he got angry and he actually hit my hand.
Bryan: *got angry* TA (beat) Mommy!!!
Mommy: You dare to TA MOMMY?? *Show angry face*
Bryan: *Starts crying loudly* and starts hitting his own hand against the railing* - self punishment I guess, or anger at not being able to release it on me.
Scenario 4
Hubb and I was talking about something, and I got upset about what he said. It wasn’t anything serious but I told hubb not to say things like that.
Bryan, sensing that I was angry with hubb, walked over to his daddy, and slapped him in the face.
Then he came running to me saying, “Mommy sayang…” and quickly hugged me. So that I will protect him from his daddy in case daddy got mad.
Hahaha…see if hubb dare to make me angry in the future some more. I’ve got his son on my side…Muahahahaha
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NOTE: We know that it is wrong for Bryan to hit anyone. And we are trying our best to teach him that you do not hit people just because you do not like something they do or say.
And I must praise hubb for being so patient with Bryan. Even though, Bryan is pretty “abusive” to him sometimes, he does not get mad.
We just have to be patient and consistent in our message and hopefully Bryan will learn to control his emotions.
All those months of breastfeeding paid off eh? Heh Heh….
Shooi: I think most babies are naturally closer to their mothers than fathers. Let’s see if he is still as protective when he grows up.
U must be proud and glad that u have a lil man standing up for you now :p
Shooi: You bet I am!
Hehe… good eh?
Darrius is still very fierce to anyone who scolded him but when he sees that I’m unhappy or crying he will be very good boy and will listen to what I say.
Shooi: It just warms our heart when they do that, doesn’t it?
What does he do if you beat his daddy? He sure is mummy’s boy.
Shooi: He will join in the “fun” and beat his daddy too!
Ern is showing some sign of ‘bitting’…i think that’s their way of expressing unhapiness…
aiyo, so touched! I’m sure you felt worth the effort of taking so good care of him
U should be proud that Bryan is protecting u so much, and well known how to interact to.