tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post3733706229425689068..comments2023-05-26T06:28:22.799-04:00Comments on Musings from Jonathan's Mommy: CHOMP!Jonathan's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914533772146839821noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-67671590913303815172007-11-30T21:16:00.000-05:002007-11-30T21:16:00.000-05:00Here's a pre-school teacher's point of view...If h...Here's a pre-school teacher's point of view...<BR/><BR/>If he is biting the SAME kid each time, and they KNOW who he is biting, and he IS using his words to ask the kid to stop, and the kids is STILL not stopping, then it is the TEACHER'S fault for not controlling the situation before it got to that point!!<BR/><BR/>I'd ask the teacher to redirect a child before it got to the bite. You don't want him to be known as "the biter" in the class!Susie PSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647001430840050944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-12458978279669936122007-11-25T17:55:00.000-05:002007-11-25T17:55:00.000-05:00I wrote you a big long response, and blogger ate i...I wrote you a big long response, and blogger ate it! I am going to tell the story on my blog sometime soon instead!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02394649200814378948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-64180678428210770012007-11-23T14:52:00.000-05:002007-11-23T14:52:00.000-05:00Kory had one problem at after school care, and thi...Kory had one problem at after school care, and this was only four years ago. It was the same type situation -- kid was bugging Kory, physically restraining him, and wouldn't let up. Kory punched the kid below the belt. The counselors told me about it and I made it clear to them that I wasn't going to punish my son for defending himself against a larger child who was obviously bullying him.<BR/><BR/>You really have to count on the adults in that situation to monitor what's going on -- if J-man is feeling backed in to a corner and the only way to get out is to bite, that's what he's going to continue to do. I think you're on the right track continuing to encourage the no biting policy, but this other kid obviously has a problem too.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266996167975688663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-19000976573981433722007-11-17T23:31:00.000-05:002007-11-17T23:31:00.000-05:00Hi Jonathan's Mommy! Thanks for visiting my blog!...Hi Jonathan's Mommy! Thanks for visiting my blog! I have no solution for the biting. Believe it or not, none of my 12 nieces and nephews was a biter. (Seems statistically impossible, doesn't it?) I'll go with Shana-Lynn, though. Just keep reinforcing what you told him. <BR/><BR/>You have to give Jonathan credit, though. He did what you told him to do and only resorted to biting when nothing else seemed to work! I hate to say it, but the other kid totally deserved it! (This is why I'm not a pre-school teacher.) Of course, I'm sure his mommy wouldn't agree. Good luck to you...and to Jonathan!Neurotic Attyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846571220195829585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-73378598582312740762007-11-17T16:19:00.000-05:002007-11-17T16:19:00.000-05:00Ditto what Shana said. I know it's hard to explain...Ditto what Shana said. I know it's hard to explain this to a toddler but it's never ok to bite someone even though he was not the instigator (good for him for defending himself, though!). However you wouldn't want him to continue to react this way whenever someone bothers him. Jonathan is doing the right thing by using his words and tell him to say, "I don't like that!" but I know he is probably frustrated because the other boy isn't listening. I say, the teachers should try to keep an eye on them and separate the two with different activities before anything happens. Good luck with everything and keep us posted!Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986217539178093493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-66102576750753972502007-11-15T09:37:00.000-05:002007-11-15T09:37:00.000-05:00Gah. I was a sporadic biter even when I was waaay...Gah. I was a sporadic biter even when I was waaay old enough to know better (no, not last week, but old enough), so I can testify that he'll grow out of it eventually. Otherwise, I'm with Kimberly -- work with him on his right hook, sounds like that other kid deserves it.Kara Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977752015195049857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-44612768852649505412007-11-15T06:02:00.000-05:002007-11-15T06:02:00.000-05:00Honestly, I would just keep reinforcing that bitin...Honestly, I would just keep reinforcing that biting is NOT something you do and it is not okay to do it. Ask the teacher to keep an eye on both of them and redirect one of the boys (Jonathan or the other boy) to a different area so they are not together. Maybe talk to Jonathan and try to tell him when that boy bothers you, go play someplace else, unless you're there, that is much harder to explain to a toddler though. Good luck!Shana-Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426229047709655470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971035539079224132.post-1651924891894520802007-11-14T19:32:00.000-05:002007-11-14T19:32:00.000-05:00Well at one point there was a biter in Sophie's cl...Well at one point there was a biter in Sophie's class...but she was only 10 months old at the time and the kid doing the biting was biting EVERYONE. So of course I flipped out. <BR/>Now if this happened today...and I knew that she was pestering or being mean to some kid...then I'd probably think that she deserved it. But seriously...it would probably be better if he knocked the kid's lights out rather than bite to defend himself. Unless they were threatening to kick him out...i wouldn't worry about it.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996535157755174991noreply@blogger.com