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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Not quite the Social Butterfly
That's my Clara.Leave her in a room full of kids and she'll go off to a toy that catches her eye and play with it by herself. Or better yet if she sees food, she'll make a beeline for it. It's not that she's not friendly. She just the type that needs time to "warm up" to people. She's more the assessing kind of kid. She'll stare at you for the longest time with an unflinching gaze. Measuring you up in her mind. After you ignore her for a while, then she starts to warm up to you (go figure). Give her something to eat, you'll be her best friend. To help get used to being around other people and especially other kids, we take her to children's parties and the play areas in the mall. But these do not happen often enough. Fortunately, my co-worker needed babysitter for her daughter who happened to be the same age as Clara. As soon as I found this bit of news out, I asked my MIL if she would be willing to look after my friend's daughter. She said she would be happy to. After a short visit to my house with her daughter N and her mom, my friend said she would be comfortable leaving N with my MIL. After a week of looking after Clara and N, MIL remarked how different they are. N would be happy watching TV for at least thirty minutes at a time and not want anything more. At the same amount of time, Clara would be climbing up and sliding down the couch, running around the island in the kitchen, running around the staircase and ask for milk or food in between breaks. N would be asleep for her nap 5 minutes after eating lunch while Clara would take at least an hour to close her eyes and lay down to sleep, this even with my MIL "lullubying" her. My MIL said that looking after 10 Ns would be equal to looking after 2 Claras. That's how opposite they are. I had this grand image of Clara and N being the best of friends. Giggling, playing and putting makeup on each other. But so far, Clara and N are into different things. Clara likes the Filipino channel. N, understandably, can't relate. Clara likes moving alot. N is happy in front of the tv watching cartoons. Clara likes rice, N doesn't. Oh well. She can make a connection with other kids when she gets into preschool. In the meantime, I'll just leave her to do her own thing. |
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