Friday, August 22, 2008

Apparently Michael Jr. loves a little too much

Today started out like any other day. Michael watched a little "Melmo" (Sesame Street) while he ate his eggs and then we went to the gym, like always. He LOVES going to the gym almost as much as I do. He gets to play with his best bud, Jesse, and the workers in the daycare there just adore him. They have known him since he was tiny! 
I was in Pilates and one of the girls came to get me about 15 mins into the class. I figured it was a dirty diaper. She looked at me and said "I need you to come with me." She took me down to the day care to show me that Michael had done something terrible! He pinched a baby girl on her cheek and bit her over her eyebrow. I was mortified. They told me he had to be removed from the Kid's Club immediately for the day and they even wrote him up on his personal file. I wanted to die! I could not believe my child, who is SOOO sweet and affectionate had done this to another child, especially one who is smaller than him. 
This does not excuse his behavior, but lately he has been getting SOO excited with his affection. He will just be so happy to see somebody that he will squeeze them. You can see his little body shake with excitement as he does it with a big grin. Not an ounce of aggression. The workers told me this was also the case today. They said he got really excited to love this girl and hug her so he just squeezed her instead. Apparently he tries to get his hands on all the babies because he loves them so much!
I was mortified and felt about an inch tall and we walked out of the gym with our tails between our legs. I felt so sorry for this little girl and if I were here momma I would be pretty upset too. I just sat in the car and cried. Finally, I was able to talk to Michael Sr. and he talked me through it. Such a good, patient, daddy he is. I am sure he probably feels like he has 2 kids to put up with sometimes!
Things are all better now in the Caney house. Deuce can go back to the gym tomorrow and give it another try. We will see how that goes. 

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