A Bolster

The Tatapilla might be young to display such behavior but I reckon he's already a "bolster". From what I read, kids who try to ran away from their guardian the moment they were let loose were called that. It's not because they want to scare the wits out of you. It's just their way of showing independence.

Well, my boy exactly does that at times. During nappy change, he would crawl as fast as he could away from me with a rudy bum. He has this look of "run after me Mum". And he is laughing, not minding where is he going. Just away from me. It seems he's not trying to be indepedent but just want to annoy me. How could he play such a game when we haven't taught him that. It stumps me.