Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Nibble Nibble

This weekend we made a trek up to visit Tom's old roomate (one of them) and his family. We live aways from each other so we don't get to visit to often. Megan had fun playing with Hannah (who is exactly 4 months older) but was a little out of sorts due to a really messed up schedule. She was flexible and rolled with it (for the most part)....

She and Hannah danced and giggled...
And we had a great time in their pool. Both the girls love the water and were kicking and paddling like the pros.
The unfortunate part of the reunion was that Megan has found a new way to handle her displeasure when she's hungry and tired... biting. Poor Hannah was the recipient of not one but two chomps from Megan. The first one left little marks but a lot of tears (and I really think she was going for the chip that Hannah had in her hand), but the second was a bit more vicious and left a bruise. We are soooo sorry Hannah! This was our first biting incident - but now I'm sooo worried that it will continue on.

So when I dropped Megan off at the nursery on Sunday I let them know about out little chomping mishap and warned them that by the end of the day she's hungry and tired and that's what started out little chomping episodes the day before.

I just happened to be working in the room next to Megan's and about 20 minutes before we were to be headed home I heard some serious crying... I actually thought it was Megan so I peeked in and learned it wasn't Megan.... it was a little friend who Megan had "nibbled" on earlier. He was fine but evidently when Megan started to head his way to check out his toy he just melted down for fear of what was to come... oh dear. She looks so innocent - but she's got teeth! And evidently, she's not afraid to use them!

3 comments:

hmferrero said...

oh that's so sad. we have had 2 bite free days and it's been SO nice!

Whitlamy said...

We were at life group the other night and Bryce bit the heck out of my arm. It happened so quick and hurt enough for me to literally jump out of my seat. It also left marks on me. I was SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!! I don't think he had any idea what he did, but regardless, he'll learn that whatever he did (ie. biting) is absolutely, 100% NOT tolerated no matter what the circumstances. He got a severely stern talking to and spent time in the corner (screaming his guts out). Since then, nothing's happened. We'll see if he does it again although I'm fairly certain he knows I meant business but that doesn't mean he won't do it again. Time will tell.

mareseatoats said...

Leah used to bite when she got excited or angry so I spent about 18 months hovering, trying to anticipate and save her next victim. Add biting to her massive size (40 pounds at age 2)and she was a force to be reckonded with. We tried everything to get her to stop but nothing worked. Finally she got old enough that our efforts got through to her. She told me the other day that she was so mad at her brother that she wanted to bite him. I'm so glad she has self control now!