BibChatter

As I picked up my sons from daycare, I peaked my head into the infant room where my 3 month old is casually sipping on his last bottle of the day, then I go on to greet my 19 month old in the 1-2 yr old room, awaiting his squeal and akward sprint towards my direction as I open the door. On this particular day, my little one does seem too excited to see me, he appears quiet and a little to himself. Trust me, this is not normal behavior. I pick him up and try to get some sort of reaction out of him, but no luck. He doesn't appear to be sick, not sad even, maybe shy. The young lady from the daycare facility tells me he had a "pretty good day" but says I need to sign a paper? I see it is an accident report...my son was bitten at school today. They are not quite sure when it happens or who did it, but noticed the mark later in the afternoon. As I kneel down, he looks at me with those big blue eyes and I am furious! How could anyone bite this angel? Ok, remember, you're the adult and he is playing with a group of small children..it is bound to happen right?

The next day, we go through the same afternoon routine. Today Charlie, my youngest is wide awake playing on the floor in a boppy when I peak in, then on I go to Ben's room. He is bound to be happy to see me today. I open the door and call his name...he begins to cry??? Slowly he walks over and throws his arms in the air reaching for me to hold him. Again, I am informed I must sign another paper. The daycare worker apologizes, but he has been bitten again. This time, they know who did it and are "surprised" as it was not provoked and this child just came over and bit my son as he was playing with one of the toys.

OK, maybe this is a fluke. One that I am not happy about, but a fluke nevertheless. The next couple of days go by and long story short, my son is bitten 5 days in a row at daycare. The director, "bless her heart" was genuinely beside herself and extremely apologetic over the last few days. She said they were doing everything possible to resolve this new biting problem in the room, but unfortunately it keeps happening to some of the children, my Ben included. I ask bluntly if he is provoking or picking on any of the biters. As I had thought, no, he is not. She describes Ben as so mild and gentle mannered.

By this time my patience has run thin. Yet I can see the director is sincere and doesn't want me to pull my boys from her facility. They are switching teachers in the room, notifying parents via a letter sent home the previous week, calling parents of the biters to come pick up their children, etc to address the problem.

But in my eyes, the biters need to go....

We are now into the next week....since my boys go part-time, they are due to go back, but I am worried.  So before I tell you how the story ends....what do you think....BAIL OR BE PATIENT?