Lena's new skill

[dreamshark]

Most toddlers object to sharing their toys, but Lena never has. It's not that she is any less self-centered than any other toddler, it's just that she has different goals. She's much more interested in playing with other kids than she is in her toys. At an age when most babies were doing parallel play she was sidling up to older children and joining in their play, instinctively taking turns like a big kid.

Now she has moved on to something much more sophisticated. If her little friend is fussing instead of playing, Lena initiates an activity of her own (like jumping up and down), laughing merrily while she does it. Eventually the other child decides she must be missing out on something really fun and joins in.