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February 10, 2016
February 2, 2016
Once Bitten
Last week at daycare, another child bite Gunnar. From what the teacher tells me, Gunnar was playing on a riding toy and the other child sort of fell on him and bit him on the chest. The teacher said these things happen. Lots of teething going on, you see...
Hmmm.
Here's the problem(s) I'm having. The chest is a flat surface with little fat, usually. I would think that if a baby was teething, they would want a round, chewy surface to bite down on. Little effort, big pay off. The fact that it's a chest bit, something accomplished with some effort, leads me to believe that teething was not the primary factor.
Gunnar was on a toy. Probably a cool toy. Did the other child want that toy? Did Gunnar take the toy away from another child? I will probably never know since neither child really talks.
How was the the child able to bite Gunnar on the chest without someone intervening? Again, a chest bit requires effort. Effort requires time. If there was a struggle over a toy, no one heard or saw something? The teacher gives me the impression that she did see it. Are there too many kids in the class for the number of teachers? What else is slipping through the cracks?
The bite broke the skin. Again, a chest bite is hard enough, but one that breaks the skin?! And they didn't put bacitracin (Neosporin) on it. Because I didn't fill out a medication form. Really? I think since it's an over the counter thing that its okay to have on hand and apply. Its better to get yelled at by a parent that to have the kid get a serious infection (which also gets you yelled at by the parent but now yo have guilt because yo followed a stupid rule). I blame all the stupid anti-vaxxing parents for this one. They've put our children at risk because now we're afraid of common sense.
I'm not mad at the other child. They are young and these are lessons to learn on both sides. Secretly, I wish Gunnar had pushed the other kid down or swatted him or something. I don't have a problem with kids defending themselves when its necessary (think of that scene in A Christmas Story). But, not going to lie, I'm a little peeved at the other parents and the teachers and the daycare over all.
Parenting is hard. Parenting 45 minutes away from your child is harder.
Cheers.
Update: Facebook "fights" later and lots of opinions and chatter and I'm fine with things. Gunnar is no longer in that room with those teachers (he aged out this week). I'm really happy about this. I think the room he was in has too big of a range of ages in it. They have babies that have just started crawling and Gunnar, who runs around, climbs everything and yells.
Hmmm.
Here's the problem(s) I'm having. The chest is a flat surface with little fat, usually. I would think that if a baby was teething, they would want a round, chewy surface to bite down on. Little effort, big pay off. The fact that it's a chest bit, something accomplished with some effort, leads me to believe that teething was not the primary factor.
Gunnar was on a toy. Probably a cool toy. Did the other child want that toy? Did Gunnar take the toy away from another child? I will probably never know since neither child really talks.
How was the the child able to bite Gunnar on the chest without someone intervening? Again, a chest bit requires effort. Effort requires time. If there was a struggle over a toy, no one heard or saw something? The teacher gives me the impression that she did see it. Are there too many kids in the class for the number of teachers? What else is slipping through the cracks?
The bite broke the skin. Again, a chest bite is hard enough, but one that breaks the skin?! And they didn't put bacitracin (Neosporin) on it. Because I didn't fill out a medication form. Really? I think since it's an over the counter thing that its okay to have on hand and apply. Its better to get yelled at by a parent that to have the kid get a serious infection (which also gets you yelled at by the parent but now yo have guilt because yo followed a stupid rule). I blame all the stupid anti-vaxxing parents for this one. They've put our children at risk because now we're afraid of common sense.
I'm not mad at the other child. They are young and these are lessons to learn on both sides. Secretly, I wish Gunnar had pushed the other kid down or swatted him or something. I don't have a problem with kids defending themselves when its necessary (think of that scene in A Christmas Story). But, not going to lie, I'm a little peeved at the other parents and the teachers and the daycare over all.
Parenting is hard. Parenting 45 minutes away from your child is harder.
Cheers.
Update: Facebook "fights" later and lots of opinions and chatter and I'm fine with things. Gunnar is no longer in that room with those teachers (he aged out this week). I'm really happy about this. I think the room he was in has too big of a range of ages in it. They have babies that have just started crawling and Gunnar, who runs around, climbs everything and yells.
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