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Okay, when I posted last I was pretty upset. I had a little Mommy’s Night Out that night with some women from the class and worked through it. They’d all seen the same behavior from that child. We all agreed that it was difficult to see everything your child does at class but that this type of behavior should be dealt with by the mother. I had already decided that, if she didn’t deal with it, I was going to gently step in to deal with it between the kids and they reassured me that they would keep an eye out as well. By the way, I didn’t bring the topic up that night. I was not going to talk about it but someone else brought it up. And I did not want to create any drama or bad feelings in the class. I like the class and want everyone to get along.

Thankfully, I have not had to step in at all. Since that day, this mother has been right there with her child whenever she is anywhere near mine. She has held her by the hand and distracted her with something else when she gets near Tater Tot and I can’t tell you how happy I am about that. While I think that incidents like the one that happened in the last post are good opportunities for both kids to learn what’s okay and what’s no okay (and for mothers to learn as well, me included), I am glad that it hasn’t happened again since. I know I can’t wrap her in bubble wrap and protect her from the world. And I know that things like this will happen as she gets older. I’d still like her to have a relatively peaceful life free from shoving and hitting for a little while longer…