A day in the life of a toddler at daycare!

 

Just another day at daycare! 

 

Lottie went on and on and on about her friend biting her at school yesterday.  I had to catch a tidbit of that conversation on camera!  She cracks me up!

 

Excuse the laundry, trash, etc. - we are packing up and heading to the beach this weekend to see my sister and there is stuff everywhere!!! :)

Incident Report

Okay, so it has been quite awhile since I've been called and an incident report has been written up at day care.

Well, yesterday I got a call around noon.  Any time they call during the day, I pray it isn't something serious or something that is going to require me to have to leave work to pick her up.  I am just way too busy these days to even think about leaving work early. 

The director stated that Charlotte was fine, but did want to let me know that an incident occurred.  She said that Charlotte and a friend wanted to play with the same toy and the friend bit Charlotte.  She said that she bit through Lottie's shirt on her right arm above her hand.  There was no blood, but you could see the arch/bite marks that were left.  Ice was applied and I was told it was reinforced to the children that we do not bite. 

Of course, after I picked Lottie up and signed off on the report, etc. we got into the car and drove home.  On the way home, I asked Lottie about her day.  I asked her if she got bit.  She immediately pulled up her sleeve to show me and said, "She bite."  I then asked her who bit her and she said, "Ella".  "Ella bad."  She then went off saying, "It hurt, Ella not nice."  Of course I felt terrible that my child got bit once again, but at the same time I was secretly cracking up!  This experience was much different than previous times before.  This time around she was able to actually communicate and tell me sort of what happened and who did it.  Total tattle tale!  At daycare, they will only tell you "a friend" did it, but now that Lottie is talking, she had no problems letting me know who the culprit was.  Although, I have to question it because the only two kids she talks about all the time are Ella and Cole so I don't know if Ella really was the one that did the biting.  Nevertheless, now that Lottie is talking, our conversations on the way home from day care are going to start getting so much more interesting.  I can't wait!!

I thought the biting phase was over, but I guess not.  Since turning two, Lottie should be moving up to the next classroom in the next couple of weeks.  Surely, kids aren't biting in that class!  Once she moves up though, it gets serious - potty training in full effect!  I've got to say that I am not looking forward to it.  Right now, we are just sitting on the potty - not actually tinkling.  Next weekend we have nothing going on, so I plan to buy big girl underwear and give it a go.  Pray for us!!!!!!!!


Lottie has her 2 year well visit on the 6th, so hopefully I can do a post on her development and where we are in this crazy toddler world of hers!  :)

Another Blasted Incident!!!

Since Lottie's hit the 18 month old mark, she has started transitioning into the Toddler II class.  She will usually hang out in that room for half the day.  Yesterday, as she was hanging in her new classroom, a BIG bully bit the living daylights out of her right wrist!  Afterwards, they applied ice and gave her lots of TLC.

While it pains me to see my babe's arm red and puffy, I have to remind myself that it is just a phase and a part of their development.  After all, Lottie has set her little chompers into another little girl's back before - OUCH.

Speaking of chompers, Lottie's 12th and 13th teeth are officially in!  Let's just hope she doesn't try to use them as weapons today at day care!

In case you were wondering, here is what a bite to the wrist looks like...............

Little Chompers!

I guess we can now say that we've experienced what it is like when your child gets bit!  OUCH!  While I can sympathize with the little chomper, I still hate that Lottie was in pain.  The incident report read that Lottie was waiting in line for a toy when the little chomper took a bite out of her right arm.  They applied ice and gave her lots of TLC. 

Of course, it happened right before I got there so as I walked in, she was doing one of those hyperventilating cries that makes everything sound so much worse.  It made me want to cry as well.  Instead, I made sure that Lottie got extra cuddles and loving Monday night! 

At the end of the day, the kids in the Toddler I class are all getting their first molars so I certainly understand why they are trying out their teeth on each other.  I knew it was just a matter of time before Lottie got bit.  Hopefully now that she has been on both sides of the fence, she will take note that it does NOT feel good when you get bit. 

Thankfully, there has been no further incidents where Lottie has attempted to bite!  I'm hoping all the little chompers in her classroom have gotten it out of their system. 

On a positive note, I think the CRIB BREAK was a one time thing!  We haven't had any trouble this week with her trying to "break" out.  I put the bumpers back in her crib last night.

One last thing..............yesterday as I picked up Lottie and collected her things from school, I caught her and her buddy Ella giving each other a hug before she left!  Not kidding, it was seriously the cutest thing EVER!  It was a full on, intentional embrace!  I can't reiterate how CUTE it was!  Wish I could have gotten a picture of that!  :)



Another Incident I'm Afraid

This time Lottie is the culprit!  My little monster princess has all of her 1st molars in now - thankfully they have all cut through and are mostly all the way in.  With that said, she decided to use said molars on a little girl's back at school!  I know.....the horror!!!

It gets better though............. On 7/20, she struck again and bit the same little friend.  OMG - how embarrassing!  The little girl's mom probably wants to fight me!  But of course, at Lottie's school, they don't tell you who does the biting or who gets bit (In Lottie's case, that is definitely a good thing). 

In the end, the teachers all seem to think it is because she has these new teeth and 9 times out of 10 a child is going to try them out on another child at some point.  I brought in Orajel this week for them to apply as needed in hopes that will prevent her from any further biting.

Until then, check out this awesome little note about biting that they sent home.  Steve and I were secretly cracking up when we read it!!