So the holidays have come and gone, and now life is back to normal. I had 5 days off around Christmas and had the opportunity to spend that time with my family. It was so nice to relax and spend time with my sisters, parents, and a lot of one on one time with Maddie. Not to mention my handsome nephew!
I have realized these last few weeks what an amazing child I have. She is so sweet, smart, and loving. I seen some of these kids that she goes to preschool with and some of the kids that she plays with on a regular basis for the little terrors that they are. In the little over a year that Maddie has been in preschool she has been bitten three times by three different kids. This may not seem like a lot to some people, but when my baby comes with with huge bruises on her cheeks, back, or arms... it is a MAJOR deal to me. I have spoken to the preschool administrator a few different times regarding my concerns about biting. She continues to tell me that it worse for the parent of the biter than it is for me, and that the kids who have bitten Maddie are not habitual biters. I'm not sure if she is trying to alleviate my concerns or just piss me off more. So now, we have a meeting set up for next week for Chris and I to sit down with the preschool administrator and also the executive director of the YMCA and talk about this problem. Who is this lady to tell me that someone else's kid hurting my kid is not a big deal?! Obviously this is an issue that needs addressed. I know that Maddie is not the only child who has been bitten in the past year. I guess my job this weekend is to dig up some research on 4 year old and why they bite. I really don't know what I think should happen, I just want me child to be safe.
On a seperate note... things are good for us. We had a great long weekend together with my family and just as our own little family at home. Maddie had a great Christmas full of love, laughs, & good food. Chris and I are doing well and starting to plan on a second baby (NO NEWS YET!). Life is good and I am excited to see where this new year will take us... besides out of Middletown!!
Oh gosh! Worse for the parent of the biters? ??!!!
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It was an awesome Christmas weekend ;)
That is a good idea, maybe I will tomorrow. She said she got bitten again today. There is no mark on her skin... she said she told the teacher but because there was no mark they did not do anything. THEY DID NOT EVEN TELL ME! Maddie did and then I had to call back and ask the teacher. She said they were not sure what happened because there was no mark, my response was that she has never lied about it previously so why would she this time. UGH!!!
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ReplyDeleteLast week, Gavin was biten three times in ONE DAY!!! We were furious! We were only told about the one bite on his back (which looked horrible!) and when Scott went to put his pajamas on, he found another set of teeth marks on his arm and then on his leg! He's been in his new room since Thanksgiving and has been biten on at least three different occasions. I do not like my little guy getting picked on! He's the youngest in the class...the poor little thing. I would have thought by 4 years old the biting thing would have stopped though! Poor Maddie! I hope they start to see this as more of a problem than right now and try to be more proactive about stopping these things to happen! Keep us updated!
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