E’s 8th month: playing with friends’ kids

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When babies play together, it sometimes looks like they treat the other baby less like a play companion and more like a toy. A head is just a fuzzy ball to be grabbed.

O and E are playing with a toy piano, December 2005
O and E are playing with a toy piano, December 2005

Has there been a theme in my posts of E pulling the hair of anyone who comes within the reach to her grippy, tiny hands? Yes, it’s been definitely a theme. And so, a friend who came over to our apartment did not escape the same fate.

E pulls C's hair, December 2005
CIMG1408 E pulls C’s hair

Our friend holding his son and E (right), who are just 2 months apart in age. The other baby looks like he is about to take a chomp out of E.

C holds two babies, December 2005
CIMG1412 Our friend holding his son and E (right)