Encounter With a Biter
Yesterday Grandma and Grandpa were in town and wanted to take the kids to lunch at McDonalds for a special treat. So we went. The kids actually ate some of the food, which is miraculous, and then went to play on the playplace, which is always heartwarming because Addison makes sure Bryn stays right with him the whole time. So Nate and I were sitting at our table eating at a leisurely place and talking about remodeling our kitchen, when we suddenly heard a piercing scream that belonged to Bryn and said "PAIN!" to our trained ears. Nate ran over and scooped her up and brought her to me and we discovered this beauty.
This is day 2 and it looks much worse in person.
Yeah. Some snot-nosed little punk BIT her! And the picture doesn't show it but there are at least 6 teeth marks on each side. And it broke the skin. And I'm pretty sure it was through her shirt. Thank goodness it's winter and she was wearing long sleeves or she'd be missing half her arm. I was (and frankly still am) FURIOUS! And poor Bryn just cried and cried while I held a cold drink on her arm and tried to decide whether to cry or scream, and we started packing our stuff up to leave. About 5 minutes later the mom came over with the nappy little culprit (who had obviously not been punished very severely judging by the blank stare) and apologized (pretty sure he was younger than Bryn). And I smiled and said it was okay while sending looks of death to the little spiky-haired monster with my mind. Part of me wishes it had been a dog so we could sue the living daylights out of them, or at least punch it in the nose.
I mean, I realize you can't control your child completely, and some kids are prone to biting, but seriously, bite him back so he knows it hurts like the devil! Or do time out for like 900 minutes or kick him in the bum or something! Don't just say, "now honey, that's not nice." Any thoughts from our esteemed readers on what either mom should've done? Or what you might've done (or wanted to do...)?
I mean, I realize you can't control your child completely, and some kids are prone to biting, but seriously, bite him back so he knows it hurts like the devil! Or do time out for like 900 minutes or kick him in the bum or something! Don't just say, "now honey, that's not nice." Any thoughts from our esteemed readers on what either mom should've done? Or what you might've done (or wanted to do...)?
Bryn seems to be recovering well (physically, at least), although she tells me the story of what happens often, followed by "Mommy fank 'im," meaning, "That boy's Mommy needs to spank him."
the kid had spiky hair? take his gel away. that'll show him. *thrusts fist into the air*
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If my kid had been the biter, we'd have apologized right away, and immediately gone home (no more play place) for a long time out. And there may have been a fankin' involved once we got out to the car.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd have done the same as you if my kid had been bitten. I might have tried to show the kid the "owie" and told him how much it hurt.
I'm with Amber. Leave immediately and punish the heck out of them. I also agree with removing spiky hair. No way!
ReplyDeleteI probably would have done what you did too. If I'd been in the right mood, I might have might have made very loud, passive aggressive comments on how unbelievable some peoples kids are.
Emily was a biter. The thing that eventually cured her was a boy named Scott. They're the same age and he was a biter too. One day he was playing at our house, Mama looked into the play room and saw Emily with Scotts arm in her mouth, Scott with Emilys arm in his mouth and their eyes locked with that stubborn "I'm not letting up first" look. They bit down hard for a couple of minutes but neither of them bit anyone again. It was funny.
Oh I dread that day. I wish there was more that the bitten kid's mom could do. You probably did all you could. Unless you got there while he was biting. Then I would have probably yelled stop. Intimidating, I know. If Scotty bites another kid there will definitely be some fankin!!!!
ReplyDeleteAh! Poor Bryn! I would die! You should've asked the "childs" mother if he had rabies..
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