Play-date with a 2-year-old girl 2/17/2020

It was a federal holiday celebrated as President Day.

My friend needed to babysit her 2-year-old granddaughter all day long because her daughter had her regular work. My friend invited my daughter and me to go to the mall together. She wanted the little ones to play together in the jumping castle in the mall.

I thought it a good idea. My daughter likes to take care of little children.

After I saw them playing together for a while, I regretted my decision. My daughter could not fully enjoy herself. My daughter is so gentle and kind that she constantly paid attention to her 2-year-old friend. The little one was bossy around and my daughter respected the little one’s decision all the time. My daughter could not fully enjoy jumping to make sure she would not hit the little one moving around everywhere.

Both my daughter and I exhausted for babysitting the little one. I need to be more careful when it comes to a play-date with small children next time.