William's Girlfriends.

As I watch William he begins to interact with other children more and more. Although his limited vocabulary often halts the interaction or strains it, I get the feeling he more or less understands what is going on. Quite often he will even try and sit with other kids instead of his mom and me, even if they have no intention of playing with him. He did this on the hayride to a pumpkin patch, where he insisted on sitting with some older boys instead of sitting next to his mom. (Which terrified her because no one would hold him should the tractor suddenly stop and he go flying forward.)His interaction, I believe, is based on what he has seen on tv, of kids playing with kids, and on this own personal interest in people his size. These relations are, more and more, with older girls.

                  William has always had a fascination with older women. Even at one he was staring at women as they walked by, and never at guys. As he has gotten older he has proved himself to be a little Casanova. If there is a girl aged 5-10 in his immediate area he will gravitate to her and use his baby charms to convince her to play with him. A few perfect examples are from the Spotsylvania Town Center’s play place. At one time he saw a girl sitting behind a bridge. He went to her and stared. She barked at him to leave and he proceeded to sit down next to her. Throughout the rest of the time he followed her around the play area, usually just as she stood up, and he would sit down wherever she had just been.

                  Alright, that example does not exactly show how much of a ladies’ man William is. These examples do. At the same play place William flirted with two girls within minutes of each other. The first was sitting in the horse carriage, which William promptly climbed. No sooner had he sat next to her than her arm goes around his shoulder. When she had left he went down to the horse part that a girl was riding. She turned around and talked to him, picked him up, and he rode the horse sitting behind her, and then another girl came up and sat behind him. With me as a role model I doubt this phase will be very long, if he inherits any of my personality his chick magnet days will be pretty much over.