Not quite sure what the deal is with Thing 1 but what I do know is that his Mommy and Daddy are going to be all over him like a lawnmower on grass. 

Yesterday I picked him up from school and he met me with such sad eyes.  As he approached the cubicle to get his coat and backpack he continued to keep his sad face on and his head down.  As he stepped outside the door I asked him what was wrong and he replied, “I didn’t have a good day Mommy.”

I had to speak with the one teacher and so after we were finished talking I asked her if he had a bad day.  Her response was, “no he did not have a good day at all.  In fact it was so bad I had to write you a note.  It is in his backpack.”  I thanked her and then we started to walk outside.  Of course I couldn’t wait to get outside before I ripped open that backpack to find his “bad boy note”. 

Thing 1 had to “be told several times today to have “nice” hands.  He was observed “fighting/hitting” several other children.  He was redirected several times but this did not work.  He was put in time out.  However, this tends not to work either.”

Of course I wanted to get right on him and yell at him.  I calmly asked him what happened and who/why he was fighting.  He gave me some story about playing with girls and another boy came up to him and they started pushing each other.  I thought “oh great” this is not good.  I talked to him a little more and we discussed his punishment. 

As I looked over the note again I wondered if he was fighting with just this one boy as he said or if there really were multiple children?!  And I am a little surprised that he was put in a timeout and that it had no effect on him at all?!  I won’t see the teachers again until next week but I will definitely be following up with them (and him too this weekend!).

That brings me to today.  On the way to school Thing 1 and I talked about how important it was that he have a good today at school.  How he was not to argue with his teachers, he was to keep his hands to yourself, talk nicely, etc, etc.  We also had a conversation about him trying the hamburger at daycare today (random I know, but this kid won’t eat them for us and that is what was on the lunch menu).

Well, around lunchtime I got a text from his babysitter that transports him back to daycare – “he got another note in his backpack today.  He was being disrespectful.”  UGH!!  He wouldn’t talk to her or his daycare provider about what happened.  You can bet I can’t wait to see this note!

As I started to recover from my anxiety over his behavior the daycare provider called me on her cellphone.  I thought “OH CRAP what is wrong now”.  She very happily told me that he loved the hamburger, ate the whole thing, and he even told her how much he loved it. 

Darn this kid!