Please come and tell me to get a grip.

[rabbitrabbit]

I took my ds to the park today. It's a big thing for us as he's been ill for ages (currently being looked after by great ormond street and has undergone lots of tests) and he hasn't had the energy to go do anything.
He's had a good few days and said before we left for the park "maybe I'll make some new friends in the park mum!"

So, we get there and after about twenty minutes he trots off after three boys obviously dying to play...when the youngest one turns round, pushes him and tells him "you can't play with us"
The youngest one obviously took an instant dislike because he pushed him 4 or 5 times saying the same thing. It was almost funny because ds just looked at him as if to say "who are you?!"
Now, in the grand scheme of things I know he'll be fine but I honestly could have kicked the child.

Now, tell me to get a grip as I could cry

Oh, poor you. Dd went through a phase of trying to attach herself to other, usually older kids, and it broke my heart when they were nasty to her.

It's very sad isn't it.
Usually ds is fine when out-he's never, thankfully, had any problems making friends. As he's been ill we haven't been able to do any socialising at all as he's just been too tired-I think that it was just awful timing and I probably felt worse than he did!

ohhhhh, poor ds. It's just children being children (which I know you know) BUT I probably would have wanted to cry if it were my ds - and he hasn't been ill. Bless him. We take these things to heart more than they do. I hope ds is all recovered soon. Did the little boy get sprung by his mum?

No marthamuffin, not at all! That was the other thing-she just sat there watching the other child.
Then he went and started pushing a little baby-who was crawling!-and still nothing was said...all very strange.

I must get a grip.

Aha, perhaps that's why this kid goes about pushing others around - to get some kind of response from his mum? Who knows but I hope your ds has better luck in future and gets well soon.

putting my reasonable hat on I think you have a point ScubaDuba. The child doing the pushing did seem to be almost "protecting" the other two, older, boys from ds, as though he wanted to keep them to himself...if that makes any sense at all!
he was also running off left, right and center so he didn't really seem to have anyone paying any attention to him at all.

There's a reason for everything!

true! told you I needed get a grip