And not in the hot vampire way.
A child was bitten in Lovebug's class last week (on my birthday, no less).
By Lovebug.
His teacher - who repeatedly pointed out that she'd had him for 2 years and he'd never done anything like this - handled it so amazingly well. Except, well, she talked to the bitten kid's mom and me at the same time.
I apologized, of course. I explained that ChunkyMonkey has recently started biting and that's what had probably inspired Lovebug to bite another kid hard enough to leave a mark. But there is nothing like trying to apologize for your kid's vampire tendencies to make you feel mortified. Especially when your kid is well over 4.
The bitten kid was relatively unfazed, thank God. Possibly he felt guilty for blocking Lovebug from the play house so much that Lovebug flipped out. Possibly he's just a mellow kid and didn't realize how easy it is to drive Lovebug over the edge. I'm just glad he doesn't seem to emotionally damaged too.
Anyway, the teachers talked to Lovebug, the school director talked to him, I talked to him and his father talked to him. We've reviewed things he can do when he's angry and when some kid won't let him in the play house.
Sometimes I am afraid that there is something wrong, because there are so many times when Lovebug over-reacts to normal occurrences. Then I think about how he doesn't sleep and wonder if he is just over-tired all of the time. And I try to remember that he is only 4 and until Friday, the entire school staff thought he was an angel.
Then I remember my reaction when Ironflower's classmate bit her a few weeks ago. Sure, I said all the right things to Ironflower but what I was thinking was, "What's a 5 year old doing biting? Her parents really need to discipline her more." And I realize that payback is a total pain in the ass.
The kid is in Lovebug's group this week too. His mother often gives me pitying looks at pick-up, but so far there have been no problems. Is it wrong that I wish Lovebug had bitten a boy he'd never see again? Or at least a kid whose mom I was friends with?
Has your kid ever bitten anyone? Or been bitten?
