I'm sorry you had to deal with that sort of thing but you have to do what's best for your children, right? Let it bother you no more!!!:sunny:

p.s. ihatewinter

:mad: She had no right to do that to your child! People like that really tick me off!

Good for you for speaking up to her!

Good for you.:love: No one has a right to bully a child.:nono: Especially a grown woman and a 2.5 year old? My God, lady. Get a grip! :wha:Arrr. I can't stand seeing adults impatient with small children. I realize that some times it's hard to avoid with your own kids, but, that would never make it ok to say something hurtful to an impressionable child.  :mad: It's nice to see someone who is willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt & stand up for her kids.:goodjob:

You were very cordial.  My email would have said something like "If you do that again, I'll rip out intestines and hang you by them."

Or something to that effect.

I hate moms like that.

We're going to England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales for two weeks. Can't wait!

You most definitely would have had the right to be a LOT less polite to that "mom."  (Personally, I liked Jay's suggestion.... :laugh:).  You made yourself quite clear to her.  You don't need that disturbed woman near your boys.  Good riddance.  :goodjob:

eFairy, it's four in the morning here. So, so odd to recieve a comment now. My first thought was "why is she up so early?" It took me a while to remember the time-difference. :lol:

:sleepy:

That would have been the most incredibly difficult thing for me to do and you handled it really great, I think.  I am not good at that sort of necessary confrontation (and it was necessary). 

I'm curious, because I'm behind here... what did she say to your son?  What did she do to him last time?  Who the heck is she?

You did great.

I have only scorn for parents who try to "parent" others' kids as they would see fit to parent their own -- unless, of course, there's some perceived danger to the kids.

However, I was sincerely tempted to break my own rule yesterday morning, while watching my eldest's gymnastics class.  My kid was standing quietly waiting for her turn; two other evil little females were digging their hands into the chalk and slapping their palms together in my kid's face (their own parents were, of course, yacking away obliviously next to me).  I settled for leaning over, saying to my child "Hon, just move away from them if you don't like what they're doing," and giving a teeth-gritted glance to the perpetrators.  Gah.  Irrelevant to your blog, of course, since I don't know whether your rude guest was putting down your child for some perceived slight against her own kid, or just because she's a putting-down sort of person.

Just to say, I guess, that there's more than one side to being a parent observing one's kids interact:  the side that wants to make sure your kid is appropriately behaved, and the side that wants to make sure everyone else's is.  The key here is "appropriate;" appropriate being a wide range of behaviors that differs from parent to parent and household to household.

There is, of course, NO excuse for put-downs to a 2-year-old, whether yours or another's.