We had friends over today to play at our house. Children present were four 4 year olds, one 2.5 yr old, one 14 month old, one 10 month old, one 7 month old.
One of the mothers brought gingerbread men - big ones with chocolate feet and hands and smarties for buttons - she brought one for all the 4 yr olds but left out the 2.5 yr old (and obviously the smaller ones though I think I'd have brought one for the 14 month old personally). All the 4 yr olds go to nursery together (a sessional morning nursery) but so does the 2.5 yr old so he is friends with all the 4 yr olds and certainly old enough to manage a gingerbread man!
He watched as she handed them out saying 'yes, please' and then burst into tears, understandably, when he didn't get one.
The 2.5 yr old is my little boy and I was the host and it broke my heart. I know, I'm probably being very oversensitive about nothing but I thought it was very mean to leave him out like that. How did she expect him to react?
Rant over now - thanks for reading this far in my rather pathetic tale!! It really upset me though as I didn't know what to say to him. Luckily my other ds broke his up and shared it with him as did one of the other boys (not the child of the gingerbread bearer).