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CHJ says
I’m not even kidding, these are the greatest work shoes of all time. I got a pair during the last NAS. They are so, so comfortable, and yet supportive. I’ve walked 3-4 miles in them and spent long deposition/trial days wearing them without a problem. Highly, highly recommend.
Unfortunately it looks like the colors/patterns this year are a bit weak. The ones I got last year are solid gray – suede in the shoe and patent on the toe. I would get another pair if I liked the color options more.
Carrie M says
Agree these color combos are not my style. I wish I was a size 6 though, because I love the AGL block heel pump with pyramid studs that’s on sale in black. Someone who’s a size 6 should definitely scoop them up!
Tunnel says
You’ve convinced me. My current favorite pair of flats recently developed a squeak. It’s the most embarrassing thing ever.
JEB says
Advice needed on daycare biting. My 18 month old daughter has been bitten twice by the same kid, completely unprovoked. The most recent time broke the skin. According to the provider, my daughter was sitting listening to music, and the other kid came up and chomped down on her leg. My daughter has recently started withdrawing, watching the other kids from the sidelines instead of playing with them. Historically she loves daycare, and it makes me really sad that this issue is potentially impacting her enjoyment (or maybe she would be goIng through this phase regardless…who knows). This is an ongoing problem with this kid. She’s repeatedly bitten at least two other kids over the course of several months. And her older brother used to have the same problem (thankfully he’s moved on to a preschool center).
From what I can tell, daycare separates this kid when there are issues, but it seems entirely reactionary. I don’t really know what they can do proactively. I’m going to ask about a formal policy today. It’s a licensed home daycare, and there aren’t a ton of written policies, other than the fact that they follow the written state regulations, which don’t address biting. So I’m not expecting that they’ll have a formal policy.
I completely understand that toddlers bite sometimes, but it upsets me that there’s an ongoing issue that doesn’t seem to be getting better. The kid’s parents don’t seem to care. When another kid was bitten by her several times, the mom just laughed and said “kids will be kids.” After the most recent biting of my daughter, at pick up the dad said to his kid “can you apologize” and his kid screamed “no!” And the dad just laughed and threw up his hands. If they were apologetic and said they were trying to work on it, I would feel very different about the situation. But that isn’t the case, and it’s starting to make me really mad.
Any advice? Should I confront the parents? Confront daycare for not doing more? Nothing because I’m overreacting? I just want my kid to be happy and reasonably protected from harm.
CHJ says
I don’t know the state requirements on this, but from my own experience (as the parent of the rabid biter!) our daycare separated him from the group for about two weeks until his biting was under control. He had a bite-happy buddy with him at the time, and they had a teacher who sat with the two of them and did art/books at a table away from the other kids. My son got his biting under control faster than the other guy and was allowed to go back into the group, and the other guy was still separated for another week or two after that.
That said, I have no idea if this is a good idea or even legal! It did work though – the biting stopped and never came back.
Carrie M says
I’d let your provider know that you’re upset and you’re seeing the negative impact on your child, and push them to take some more proactive action. I wouldn’t confront the parents. This does happen a lot, but I don’t think you’re overreacting to want your daycare to take proactive steps.
MDMom says
I would not confront the parents- unlikely to lead to anything positive and as you can see from prior posts on here from desperate parents, there is often (usually?) nothing parents can do to control the kid’s behavior, especially when they aren’t even there when it happens.
I do think you should have a serious talk with daycare provider about it. I would highlight that you are just worried about your kid. And if you aren’t satisfied with their response, think about whether you’re willing to move your kid.
Sorry you’re dealing with this.
Nan says
Not sure that you are overreacting, per se, because it is really upsetting when your kid get bitten. But your post does come across as unfairly judgmental. Kids bite for all sorts of reasons, many of which are physiological. Your post reflects a lot of judgment of the kid and her parents as “bad” (why else mention the older brother?). OF COURSE the parents care. But what exactly can they do when they’re not there?!? They can’t “work on it” when it’s not happening at home. These aren’t children; they are toddlers who can be instructed in the moment, only.
Your issue is with the daycare not handling this problem. Take it up with the daycare or move to another one where they handle biting better (because it happens everywhere). But cut these parents, or at least the biting kid, some slack. Trust me, your little angel will be the biter, or the hitter, or the bully at some point, and you will want a little more compassion than you are showing now.
Also, it is really unlikely that your daughter is withdrawing because she got bit a couple times. That’s not how it works. So if you are noticing a big change in your daughter, it might be another problem, and you should investigate it. It sounds like your daycare may not be a good one.
NewMomAnon says
Do not approach the parents. They are probably worried about it and feeling bad, but can’t do anything except throw up their arms and laugh, because this is a little human who has free will. I second the comment that your daughter withdrawing probably has nothing to do with the biting, except that the withdrawal and biting may both be symptoms of a generally out-of-control daycare setting.
I’d talk with the daycare director and see if she has noticed anything or if there are big changes happening.
Anonymous says
I’d also ask the daycare to be reading Teeth Are Not For Biting and No Biting! books daily to all of the kids. Everyone needs the no biting lesson, and everyone goes through a biting phase at a different time. (My kid was the biter a few months ago, and now she’s the bitee.)
NewMomAnon says
My kiddo’s daycare used puppets as part of the no-biting/no hitting “curriculum.” It was a big hit.
Meg Murry says
FYI, at most daycare centers (or at least at ours) the school puts in a lot of effort not to let you know exactly which kid did the biting, which I think is helpful to keep you from blaming the other kid or parents. Sometimes you can’t help but find out, especially once your kids can talk, but I think I prefer just hearing “Kiddo got bit today, here’s the incident report for you to sign, we’re working through this biting phase by doing X”. However, in a larger school your kid almost never got bit multiple days in a row – the biters tended to make the rounds.
How many adults to how many kids at the daycare? I think you are right to ask about the policy and to ask how they are handling it, but this is a known risk for any time you put 2 kids in a room together – tons of kids go through a biting (or hitting, or hair pulling, or spitting, or some other embarrassing to the parents) phase. There is no one solution that will work for every kid (and kicking them out needs to be saved for a pretty severe circumstance), so having a “policy” probably wouldn’t make sense.
And I know you are mad at the parents right now, but asking a kid to apologize for something that happened hours ago isn’t going to “click” for them – and the parents may have learned that the bigger deal they make out of biting (giving it attention), the more it doesn’t help, so that’s why they aren’t really reacting at pickup. I’d be more interested in what the teachers are doing in the moment and preventatively than what the parents do after the fact, as long as teh parents aren’t high fiving the kid for it or something.
Maybe I’m just jaded, but if my kids had only been bitten twice at daycare I think i would consider myself super lucky – I’m pretty sure we averaged no less than 1 per month for about 6 months there (as well as a time when my kid was the serial biter).
JEB says
Thanks for the thoughtful comments. I’ve made a cognizant effort to put myself in the shoes of the biter’s parents. I know (mostly from this s*te) that it can be extremely stressful to have a biter and that most parents probably feel helpless and terrible about it. But yes, I’ll admit that I am judging the parents a bit because they seem completely unwilling to even acknowledge that it’s a problem. And of course I know that “my little angel” (thanks for the snark above) could change course and become the biter/hitter at any point…I never implied she was perfect. If she did start to exhibit those behaviors though, I wouldn’t be laughing them off.
I think you’re all correct, that contacting the parents won’t serve any productive purpose. I’ll try to speak to daycare further about the efforts they’re making and how closely they’re supervising. I’ll pass along the book and puppet suggestions…thank you for those. I really love our daycare, so hopefully the conversation will be productive.
Anon in NYC says
My kid (almost 1 year) has recently started biting at daycare but almost never tries to bite me or my husband so it’s difficult for us to take corrective action in the abstract or hours after the fact. Also, I’m not really sure that she would understand the message behind “Teeth are not for biting” at 12 months (maybe it would be different at 18 months). Of course we’re happy to read her no biting books and correct her if she does it in front of us or to us, but I don’t think she would understand it hours later. I also sort of feel like our daycare teacher doesn’t believe us when we tell her that our LO usually doesn’t try to bite us at home, which also makes me feel defensive because obviously we would be addressing it if she was.
I actually proactively spoke with the director of her daycare after the second biting incident, and he said that at her age the onus is on the teachers to (basically) watch her more closely in situations where she is more likely to bite. He confirmed that a lot of it is driven by a lack of communication skills, and also said that she doesn’t bite me/my husband because she wants us in her space (as opposed to the other kids). The teachers and director at my daycare say that this is just what happens with the under-2s (and sometimes older, but then it becomes more about bad behavior and less about “this is just what happens”).
I’m by no means downplaying her actions and I do feel truly awful that this poor kid (the same kid, twice) is being hurt, but I haven’t said anything to his parents. I suspect that the parents of the biter do feel badly about it, but they could also just be oblivious (or hell, they could be thanking their stars that she’s not nearly as bad as her brother!). I would try to assume good intentions here, and focus on the steps that daycare can take. And, just as an aside, both of my nephews were biters, and my BIL and SIL are definitely not doing anything at home that would be encouraging that.
JEB says
Thanks for your perspective, that when it doesn’t happen at home it’s tough to address at home. Makes sense.
quail says
My kid definitely understood the “Teeth are not for biting” book pretty soon after a year. He went through a biting phase around 13-14 months (only bit us at home, as far as I know, thankfully?) and while I didn’t know if he’d understand it, I thought it can’t hurt – and he totally got it. I think they understand a lot more than they let on. Try it and see if it sticks!
He’s 16 months now and often asks to read that book, who knows why…I think he likes to say “cheese” on the last page :)
anon says
Can you also work with your daughter on how to respond? Depending on how verbal she is, I wonder if you could have a conversation with her about saying NO BITE! or STOP! loudly if this happens. Maybe giving your daughter some tools to respond would help make her less fearful in the group situation? Sorry if this is wildly impractical – my son is almost 4 and I am having trouble remembering what he was like at 18months.
JEB says
Not a bad idea. I try to teach her agency over her own body, so this could be similar. She may not fully get it yet, but I explain a lot of things with the hopes that she’ll understand at some point! Thanks.
Anon says
This is a great suggestion.
Anon says
I’m sorry to hear about that – it must be very hard to be worried about your child. I’ll echo some of the other commenters and share a perspective from the parent of a toddler who struggles with biting (rarely) and hitting (fairly regularly, unfortunately). He is a happy guy with a lot of energy and but who is still learning to manage frustration, anger, annoyance, and other feelings like that. Any time he hits or bites at home, we take it very seriously and talk about how hitting is not ok and hurts people. We read Hands are Not for Hitting and Teeth are Not for Biting regularly. He loses privileges and/or goes in time out if he hits. By all of this, I mean to say that we take the issue very seriously. Unfortunately, we work with him as much as we can but we can’t practice being around other toddlers very much since he is an only child. At daycare, they handle discipline with him the same way. I think we and his teachers are at times all frustrated with the fact that he sometimes bites and hits. But, it’s also within the realm of normal toddler development and behavior. Aside from addressing the actions when they happen in the moment, I don’t know that there’s much more than that for his teachers and us to do. Other options – expelling kids? Having them stay home for several days? I don’t know that those are feasible except in situations that are extreme or have other issues involved (i.e. parents who truly don’t care at all). We check in with his teacher and have asked her to let us know if she feels that things are outside the realm of normal toddler stuff and we will involve any specialists needed.
It’s a very challenging situation and at times we feel quite down about it. I try to remind myself then that my brother beat up on me when we were kids, and he grew up to be the kindest person you could ever meet. Likewise, I went through a phase as a young child where I was very shy and wouldn’t stand up for myself. I grew out of that too.
Sorry for the rambling comment. This situation is tough on all sides. I wish you luck in helping your daughter and working with daycare.
Anon says
Same poster as above – just read your original post again. Again, just another perspective here – sometimes when we get a report at the end of the day of another episode of hitting, it’s very demoralizing for us. We feel like we are doing everything we can, and that our kid is a loving boy overall who is learning to regulate impulses, and then when it happens sometimes we just feel like – d*mn, what else can we do? I think we are disciplining appropriately and that time and consistency are the only things that will help the situation.
Anonymous says
Thanks for your response and your empathy. I’m sorry you’re dealing with it from the other end. It sounds like you’re doing everything you can, which parents on my end greatly appreciate.
JEB says
Whoops…that was me above.
Atty mom says
Not sure if your still reading but I totally agree that this is on the teachers supervising the toddlers. If this kid is known to bite they should be watching her more closely to step in before she can bite your child. I also have a sweet toddler boy who was biting at school but not at home and it is frustrating and upsetting. Also, think about how you act when your having a bad day, do you sometimes yell or do things you regret in the heat of the moment? If adults can’t regulate their feelings 100% all the time how can we expect a child to do so? Physically, they cannot control their BIG Feelings and it comes out as biting/hitting/etc. I recommend reading No Drama Discipline, it has great insight into why kids act out the way they do.
PregLawyer says
Parenting book recommendations? My little baby is little no longer! He’s a few weeks away from his first birthday and we’ve outgrown all of our parenting books. What books do you recommend for parenting toddlers? My general approach is to get a bunch of different books (I weirdly like reading parenting books), skim through, and then try to figure out where different theories overlap.
Anonymous says
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen (and Listen So Kids Will Talk)
Baby Led Weaning (not for eliminating milk — for adding solids)
How to Get Your Kid To Eat (but not too much)
TBK says
+1 on How to Talk. While some of it seems aimed at older kids, I’m really glad to be getting this input now. I can’t say yet how well it works long term, but it all makes so much intuitive sense to me. And some of it seems to be effective now at heading off major meltdowns (e.g., “I can see you’re really angry that you have to go to bed now. You’re having a lot of fun with your toys and it’s hard to have to go upstairs and leave them” — it feels silly but my two year olds seem to respond to it).
NewMomAnon says
+1 on How to Talk. My kiddo has started the toddler bedtime stalling and will make serial demands for ever-more bizarre items (my bike! my fork! my grandma!). If I ignore the requests, she escalates the intensity of her requests. Instead, based on a combo of “How to Talk” and “Happiest Toddler” (which recommends a simplified sentence structure with repetition), I’ll say something like: “I heard you. You want your bike. But now is sleeping time, so bike in the morning.” And she stops asking for that thing. It is like magic; they want to know you heard them and understand their request/concern/issue, even if they can’t have what they want.
Anonymous says
I had a horrible experience with the Ellyn Satter feeding philosophy and would not recommend How to Get Your Kid to Eat. Her philosophy may work with easygoing kids, but for my extremely stubborn, underweight child who probably has some mild sensory issues, it increased the pickiness and ended up with the kid basically starving herself.
How to Talk is great. It works with adults too–I actually read it for the first time as an assignment for a management seminar.
Mindset by Carol Dweck provides an interesting perspective on the value of fostering a “learning” mindset over a “fixed” mindset, but offers little practical advice for doing so.
Anon says
Totally agree — We use a modified version of the Satter method. I love that it reduces fighting at dinner – I loathe the “one more bite…” or negotiation for snack. But I’m not sure it would have made my stubborn, routine based kid a better, more adventurous eater on its own. I liken it to CIO – for some kids, go three days without going in the room and you’ve got a 12+ hr a night sleeper. Others don’t react as quickly.
Satter ideas that work in our house – we all eat the same thing, no exceptions. I have never, and will never short order cook for my kids. B/c they don’t expect it, they don’t ask. I do not get ruffled if they take one bite of dinner or eat the whole thing.
Psuedo-Satter – I eat with my kids (husband doesn’t – and just can’t), and eat the same things as they do. I *try* to do family style serving, and not just plate their food. When I do, I find the kids are more adventurous. All about the control, those toddlers. When my youngest was smaller, it was just too hard, but we are getting back into it.
Not Satter – around 2.5ish, I put a firm “try one bite of everything on the table” rule down. If you do not try one bite of everything, there is no snack. If I did not push my kid to try new things, he would not try them. Period. As he has surprised himself with liking new foods, he is more willing to try new foods.
DEfinitely not SAtter – I also offer a snack every night that varies based on your dinner. If you did not eat dinner and ask for snack immediately, you get something like peanut butter toast or hummus and crackers. We talk a lot about protein and energy, and that sugar doesn’t give your body the energy it needs. So, trying not to make sweets forbidden, just understanding that you need nutrients and protein before you eat sugar.
Half of the time, I am happy with how my kids eat, and the other half, I feel like I’m failing miserably – and they will grow up picky and malnourished.
Betty says
+1 For How to Talk. FYI: Also works on obnoxious opposing counsel.
NewMomAnon says
I’m imagining Happiest Toddler’s caveman speak. “I can see you are mad, mad, mad! You WANT a shorter indemnification period! But no, closing is in thirty minutes, no more talk now.” *do a silly dance to distract opposing counsel* *conduct remaining negotiations in a robot voice*
quail says
This made me lol. I’m going to keep that in mind.
Carrie M says
I really like T Berry Brazelton’s Touchpoints book (from birth to age 3). It talks about what to expect in behavioral development and some ideas re how to manage toddlers given where they’re at emotionally. It has made me feel better re the tantrums (i.e., this is totally normal behavior given her age), and I’ve tried some of the approaches that he mentions in anecdotes (i.e., walk away if toddler can tantrum safely on his own, do not give attention for it, etc.). It’s a broader overview – not a specific approach to parenting – but provides some useful insights into what your child is experiencing, how she or he is feeling, etc. He also has a book for ages 3 to 6, but we’re not there yet.
I was also recently given the 1-2-3 Magic book re “effective discipline” for toddlers, but I’ll confess I haven’t read that yet. A friend of a friend found it very helpful for managing her son, but that’s the only anecdote I’ve heard about it. Would be interested in knowing if anyone else has found it effective.
Meg Murry says
I have friends that have used it and found it effective, but their kids were a little older (maybe 3-7ish range). I got it from the library and think it is an approach that could work, but requires you and H to be extremely consistent – we are probably too laid back/too much of pushovers to do it and stick with it. We do pull out the techniques when we find our kids are pushing back too much or we find ourselves saying “that’s your last warning” but not following through too often.
The people I know that are 100% 1-2-3 Magic evangelists have gotten both parents, grandparents and nanny on board with it (with kid understanding that maybe there are different rules at grandma’s house from home, but when an adult says “That’s 1” (the first warning), they mean it.
Carrie M says
Thanks, that’s helpful! It’s so hard for me to be consistent, let alone for me and H to be on same page and consistent in the same ways! So it might not be for us. I’ll report back if I ever get around to reading it.
anon says
This is kind of a**-vice, as I have a poor track record of actually reading parenting books, but I purchased and have enjoyed the sections that I have skimmed of How to Be the Parent you Want to Be. It is a little more practical than the title implies–it covers various strategies to deal with a number of basic issues like sleep, eating, etc.–but it does also take a really thoughtful and self-reflective approach that encourages you to consider what messages you want to send, what character traits and skills you really value highly and want to pass on to your children, etc. It certainly embraces there’s no one right way to do this more than a lot of parenting books.
PregLawyer says
Thank you all (and NewMomAnon)!! I love when multiple people recommend the same book. I’ll pick up a few of these.
Atty mom says
I just finished No Drama discipline and feel like the techniques really lessen the tantrums. Now if only I could get my hubs to read it too…
NewMomAnon says
I just finished “The Whole Brain Child” and liked it a lot (like, copied some of the pages and hung them on my refrigerator). I’m starting “The Emotional Life of Toddlers.” I haven’t gotten very far into it yet, but so far I can say that it isn’t as awesome as Whole Brain Child and maybe veers toward a version of attachment parenting theory that feels a little like mom-shaming? Will circle back when I finish it.
I also liked How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. For the toddler set, Happiest Toddler on the Block presented some of the same strategies but in a more toddler-friendly way (I ignored the discipline/time-out advice in Happiest Toddler).
Another one on my reading list is “No Drama Discipline.”
For basic “care and feeding” literature, the American Academy of Pediatrics publishes a book titled, “Caring for Your Baby and Young Child.” I use it as a reference manual for health concerns, safety issues, learning about development at a given age, sleep issues, etc.
NewMomAnon says
Ack! This was in response to the request above.
OCAssociate says
Hanna Anderson is having a huge sale online, for those who are interested.
LegalMomma says
Thank you! I have been stalking swimwear on there.
NewMomAnon says
Thank you! I also found a 10% off promo code for first time shoppers on RetailMeNot (NEWFAVES10). I’d been wanting to try out the kid’s pajamas, and $19 a pair seemed like a good price to pull the trigger.
Anon in NYC says
They’re wonderful! I love them for my LO.
NewMomAnon says
My daughter has “super hero” spirit day at daycare tomorrow. She has no super hero clothes. Anyone have a simple “costume” I can pull together in less than an hour tonight? Or can I just put her in a Minion/Frozen/Minnie/Paw Patrol etc shirt and say that’s her costume?
Anonymous says
Elsa is TOTALLY a superhero. You can just send her in that. Or you can have her make up a superhero name, wear a leotard over some leggings and tie a blanket around her like a cape. Bonus points if you’ve got a domino mask or face paint.
Clementine says
Always safety-pin/duct tape/use binder clips to attach capes to their backs.
Capes tied around necks=no bueno. Don’t google it, just trust me on this one.
CHJ says
This totally depends on what you have at home. Do you have tights? A tutu? I think the key ingredients of a super hero costume are a mask and a cape. You can make a mask out of paper (use paper to create a head band and then put a mask on it) and use a towel or blanket as a cape. Bonus points if you can throw in tights/tutu.
ReadingRainbow says
How about a leotard (or swimsuit), tights and duct tape in her initial on the front of her shirt?
Meg Murry says
Is sheold enough to care (3-4 ish?) If you say “Kiddo, do you know what a super hero is?” or “Who’s your favorite super hero?” does she have an answer? If she doesn’t know what it is, definitely don’t give this too much thought.
I think a character shirt would count as “hey, I tried”. If the school/teacher really cares they’ll have the class do an art project and make face masks together.
I have to say, I’m over any and all spirit days, with the exception of pajama day. Not buying or making anything else special to send my kid to preschool in.
Betty says
Yes!! Can we not make preschool harder on the parents, especially working parents, please?! I’m over the dress as your favorite animal, bring your favorite fruit in the shape of a creature, make homemade valentines, etc. On this front, I go for pure minimalism.
anon says
I was kind of grateful that my kid was completely unwilling to participate in any wacky week activities except pajama day.
NewMomAnon says
Haha. So far, the spirit week has been really easy (pajamas, favorite team shirt or colors, mismatched clothes/crazy hair, and each class wearing a certain color). I was planning to just phone it in for the last day, but then thought there might be an easy answer someone had already discovered. The swimsuit/tights combo is a good idea for the next superhero day though. If my kiddo cared at all, I’d probably propose it.
I think the Elsa shirt is going to be the extent of my effort. No way am I sending an active, clumsy 2 year old to school with a tripping/choking hazard attached to her shirt, and I can’t imagine a mask will last very long either (although I have some plain ones left over from Halloween). Maybe I’ll make a construction paper headband with a paper snowflake on it, just to be a bit more special than her regular old shirt.
mascot says
I don’t think Elsa technically had a wand in the movie, but a wand would be fun.
Also, Paw Patrol entire song is about them saving the day and helping people in trouble. Close enough for a superhero for me.
Meg Murry says
Ok, so even though I said don’t bother, I actually do like helping my kids make costumes (it’s the only crafty thing I do, and it tends to involve duct tape and/or safety pins). So if you wanted to put in a few minutes effort, you could dress her in a solid color head to toe and then make a symbol for her shirt out of duct tape, or heck, drawing on an older shirt with a sharpie (don’t let her see you do that though!). A star or the first letter of her name and tell her she’s “Super Kiddo” would be cute.
There are also lots of “make a cape out of a tshirt” tutorials out there that only involve cutting and decorating with markers or duct tape (although I agree with Clementine that pinning it to her back would be a better choice than around her neck). Maybe next year if she’s into it that could be an option.
But yes, some kind of accesory and tell her she’s “Super Elsa” or “Super whatever-Character” definitely = giving it a try and also = good enough for a 2 year old.