I didn't read all the posts, but I would just like to mention that your baby was more scared than hurt...when my Joey was about 6 months old, my mom's friend's kid picked him up and started swinging him around by his arms (like...spinning around holding him just by his arms...not around like a windmill). I of course immediately jumped up and grabbed him back and explained to little Liberty why this wasn't ok to do, but Joey wasn't hurt at all. Actually, Joey was fine within about 5 minutes, and he LOVES children and babies to this day! I think that it was probably not handled the best way by you or the mother of this child. maybe you could have explained to the child why this was wrong, and then calmly mentioned to the mother that their kid was doing that, and that you think they might benefit from being told by a parent what is and isn't appropriate to do with small, fragile animals. |