My 2 years and 5 months old Quest was bitten by an older kid at the mall playground this evening. I was watching him closely as he played when I saw an older girl (about 7 years old) hold Quest's hand and pulled him inside the tube slide. I thought it was sweet that he has a sort of a big sister at the playground.
After about a minute, I saw Quest come out of the tube slide crying in pain. I quickly hugged him and asked what was wrong. My mom suggested to check Quest for any injury and that's when we saw two bites on his right arm. It broke my heart.
I asked the girl but she said it wasn't her fault and she didn't know about it. We even talked to the father but we were just told, "where's your proof that my kid did it?" I said his girl was the last person my son was with in the slide and he came out with two bites. My Mom still wanted to discuss with him but the moment the father asked for a proof, I knew it's not worth talking to him.
To all parents who bring their kids to play dates or to the mall play ground, especially if your kids are toddlers, I suggest:
1. Watch them very closely and look in the tube slide or at every corner of the playground. Make sure you know what your toddler is doing and where he or she is all the time. We were confident that Quest can play along with older kids but we never thought of him getting bitten.
2. Unless your taking pictures or videos of your kid at play, put down your phone. I wasn't using my phone when the bite happened.
3. Be strong for your kid. Pain is inevitable. And the moment they are in pain or injured, they need to know they can depend on you to assure them that there's nothing to worry about.
4. Pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Please view this link also for Babycenter's advice on Human Bites: http://www.babycenter.com/0_human-bites_11228.bc.
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