21 month old behaviour
A 21 month old picks up two handfuls of sand and throws in it a baby’s (7 month old) face. Upon this happening, an adult said “*name of child*, no thank you” in a firm manner. The child then smirked at the adult.
Is a 21 month old expected to know this is unkind behaviour? Was he being totally innocent and actually trying to show some form of play/affection? Somebody please explain.
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To me, it’s unfortunately both. It was unkind, so it’s correct to say no thank you. But the 21mos old most likely doesn’t know to what extent this was unkind. Probably know it wasn’t the best of the ideas. But now they attention from you and still don’t really understand. The more explanation I find. “No it’s not funny, same can hurt our eyes and it can make the baby cry. We don’t want to make them cry just like we don’t want to make you cry. Let’s not do that again ok?” Something along these lines because then they can begin to understand why this wasn’t ok behavior. Not for the sake of saying no, but because it can hurt the baby.
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