Ouchie Reports

Audrey officially has 4 ouchie Reports. 2 that were self inflicted and 2 that she caused harm to another. Do you want to know what she did. She bit someone. My sweet innocent, well not so innocent 15 almost 16 month old bit someone. This last incident happened yesterday. I guess the Day Care got a few new toys. One of the toys happens to be a piano. And I guess audrey really really loves the toy because she had a fight with another kid for the toy and she ended up biting him or her. I'm not sure who it was. I still am in shock.

She had another ouchie report about a month and a half ago and with that one she bit someone too. When Patrick told me that he had to sign an ouchie report I really didn't believe that she had bit someone. From my understanding the teacher was doing something else and wasn't really watching Audrey and the other kid. Yes i have the rose colored glasses on. But not anymore.

I guess the small ones learn to fight dirty.


I find it really really funny. But the question is where is this biting coming from? I've never taught her this and she hasn't really watched anything that has biting as a defense in it. Must be little man syndrome.

It's like the terriers that dad and veniece had. The little annoying things just yapped and yapped and yapped at everyone because they wanted to prove that they were the big man on campus. I hope that this doesn't turn into something later with Audrey. I'm going to ignore that thought and think that my devil/angel will be an angel when she is a teenager. (I can dream can't I?)


(the beginning of this was written yesterday, the rest was written today.)

Audrey bit me last night.

ME!!!!

But it wasn't as a defense or that she was mad at me. She was playing with my hand and she grabbed it and stuck it in her mouth and bit down. I was shocked. I didn't do anything at first. (But it did hurt.) I waited to see if she would do it again. And sure enough about 3 minutes later she grabbed it and bit it. That time i pulled my hand away and told her in a stern voice that we do not bit others. She however thought it was funny and grabbed my hand again and proceeded to try and bite it. I pulled it away again said it in a more stern voice that we do not bite and took her to time out (Which is the crib). She still thought it was funny and continued to laugh until she realized that i was not playing games. After that she started to cry for attention, but i left her there for a few minutes.

Now this posses a real question. Discipline? How do you discipline a 16 month old? My plan for when she was 2 and older was to have her have a timeout chair.
But i don't think she understands that yet. Does anyone have some thoughts or ideas?

Love,
Elizabeth, Patrick and Bity