Beware of Toddler

[LabRat]

I had a mini conference with the lead teacher in her room last night. How they 'punish' biting (and other ) is by making the offender sit down in a certain spot for a period of time. Yesterday, after biting somone who wasn't moving fast enough in the slide line, Katie went straight over and sat in the naughty spot all by herself So, i consider this progress, she knows it's wrong to bite, but hasn't yet developted the impulse control or language to say "get moving slowpoke!" Were saying excuse me at home, but i don't think it's clicked yet.

Oh, and at home the other night, she didn't want to get her diaper changed. She went to bite me on the arm, but stopped just as her mouth touched me, and gave me a kiss instead. I told her, "thank you, we don't bite mommy". it's been almost a week since she's tried it at home. I'm sure we'll have isolated incidents, but I think we have kept it from getting to be an hourly occurance.