Mission accomplished!

[TheOtherVillainess]

Last night we attended our first 'holiday party with child' and it was, for the most part, a success. Even though there were a TON of people there, between DH and I we were able to keep a handle on DS who wanted to wander around and sample snacks off of everybody's plate. It went pretty well until I made a mistake (which almost anybody could make) that left me feeling like a big jerk.

M=El queso es viejo y putrido. Donde es el sanatario
SB=Small Boy (about 4 or thereabouts)
HM=His mother

M: *lalalalalalalalala! deeply engrossed in conversation with a councilwoman on my right while holding DS on my lap and feeding him all at the same time. Gee aren't I TALENTED? *
SB approaches and sees I have peanut M&Ms on my plate. He starts to reach for one, pulls his hand back and reconsiders.
SB: Can I have one please? *smilesmile*
M: Um...sure.
I wasn't sure if I should give him one or not because he might be nut allergic, but then I reasoned if he was nut allergic his parents wouldn't have brought him. Or they would've kept a better eye on him because there were several bowls of mixed nuts sitting out, a couple of bowls of peanut M&Ms as well as a dessert table with chocolate and nut covered cookies as well as little bitty pecan tartlets. But since he asked so nicely, I decided to give him one.
M: Here you go.
SB starts to take it. Out of nowhere comes HM, snatching SB by the hand.
HM: If those have peanuts in them, he can't have them!
SB: But...
M: Uh..I'm sorry.
At this point, HM drags SB off to another part of the house and I'm left sitting there feeling like a complete jerk.

On the whole it went pretty well and DS behaved himself until about 2 hrs into it when he decided it was time to go. He was really tired by that point and extremely overstimulated from the noise and the food and the presence of a very sweet terrier mix who allowed him to grope..er..I mean pet him.

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[TheOtherVillainess]

We had another party to attend this afternoon and it did NOT go as well as last night's did.

When we arrived, L (who is like somebody at town hall's sec) whisked DS away from DH and I, saying that she'd been assigned 'babysitting' (and I use the term somewhat loosely) duty. Upstairs, they had a room set up with a multi-disc DVD player with holiday movies, crayons and other activities set up. Problem was..every other kid there (there were 4-5) was older than DS by at least a couple of years. They didn't seem to want to play with him or include him in their activities and he's not much for sitting and watching TV for more than 10-15 min at a time. So when he got bored, he attempted to climb down the stairs by himself. Apparently, L didn't notice him slip away and DH found him face down on the fourth step from the top. Now one of the kids who was like 5 or so (we'll call him D) was behind DS and it's possible that D accidentally pushed DS down the stairs.

DH and I kept DS with us the rest of the time we were there, even though L kept coming down every 20 min or so to try and take DS back upstairs because she thought that's where he belonged. We were rather adament that he NOT go back upstairs and she seemed a little miffed.

I think the next time DH accepts an invitation to a holiday party, I'm going to have him call ahead and see if the host has a 2 story home. If they do, I am not going. I don't want to worry about DS falling down stairs again.

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