DD is 19mo and it feels like other kids are constantly pushing her over. I almost accept it in a soft play where everyone is hyped up and a bit feral, but in the last 2 weeks she’s been pushed over in the library, park, soft play and at a birthday party.
It’s usually older kids, and it’s usually because she has a toy/ride they want, or she’s climbing the steps slowly etc. The majority of the time the parents aren’t anywhere to be found, and if the kids old enough I’ll ask them to please not push as she’s only little. It happened today, a 2 or so year old pushed her down the soft play steps, and to be fair the mum was quite mortified and did make her apologise but DD was just crying at this point and didn’t take much notice.
Am I being over sensitive? If I so much as see her put her arm out to push another kid I stop her and tell her explicitly we don’t do that. She goes to nursery 2 days a week and I understand that it’s probably different there, but when she’s with me it’s stopped before it happens.
She’s my first - is this just a part of it? I don’t want her to think that’s how you behave in a normal situation, but it happens almost every time we go out.