Right in the middle of her forehead,
And when she was good, she was very, very good,
But when she was bad she was horrid." - Longfellow
I could just leave it at that, but perhaps an explanation is necessary.
My small daughter is at a daycare that involves being around other children. Normal yes. But she apparently can not get a long with others. A couple of days ago her sitter informed me that she saw my small girl going at another child with her mouth open ready to bite. She stopped her but wanted to make sure I was aware of it. I went home, told my husband about it and was beside myself.
Yesterday, she upped the ante by actually leaving teeth marks (every tooth she had was imprinted on this child's arm - I saw it and you can't mistake a cleft teeth bite!) on another boy, and then left a tiny mark by biting my good friend T's son who is also at daycare with her! Unbelievable. Instant shame and panic washed over me. Then the sitter hit it out of the park with "well I won't kick her out since we only have a few weeks left til summer, but other places would!"
OH MY LORD!!!!
I was upset by this. My husband is upset by this. What can we do? I began analyzing our parenting. We play with our girl, and sometimes biting her thighs is part of the game because well...they're delicious! But it isn't in anger. So now we have to stop biting her delicious thighs I guess. She doesn't bite us in anger - and believe me, with her attitude lately, anger is just part of the deal. So where is this coming from? And she's sneaky too, the sitter never actually catches her doing it. So if she isn't doing it at home - how do we stop her? Did I maybe eat too much meat when I was pregnant with her and she's possibly just hungry?
What is there to do?
Sincerely,
Chewed on in Fresno
