I would have thought that the idea of <1.5yos having friends was kind of adultomorphic (which, if it isn't a word, should be). Until I watched my younger-than-Alex nibling go into climbing-the-porch-railing squealing pointing glee last week when he recognized the little girl coming up the walk to join the crowd we were visiting.
Yes. All the reference books tell you that toddlers are primarily oriented towards adults, and think of other toddlers as inconvenient objects rather than as people to interact with. They haven't seen Alex pulling at the doorknob asking for, "Zoe! Zoezoezoezoe! Zoe-time!"
It's true that she and Zoe (or Leo) don't really know how to play with each other. But yeah, "climbing-the-porch-railing squealing pointing glee" is a good description of how they are when they see each other.
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Yes, all three of us will go together.
I would have thought that the idea of <1.5yos having friends was kind of adultomorphic (which, if it isn't a word, should be). Until I watched my younger-than-Alex nibling go into climbing-the-porch-railing squealing pointing glee last week when he recognized the little girl coming up the walk to join the crowd we were visiting.
Yes. All the reference books tell you that toddlers are primarily oriented towards adults, and think of other toddlers as inconvenient objects rather than as people to interact with. They haven't seen Alex pulling at the doorknob asking for, "Zoe! Zoezoezoezoe! Zoe-time!"
It's true that she and Zoe (or Leo) don't really know how to play with each other. But yeah, "climbing-the-porch-railing squealing pointing glee" is a good description of how they are when they see each other.