Today started out this sweet. Cohen was all hugs and kisses (whether Finn wanted them or not), and then went down for his nap. He was less than quietly woken up by a screaming Finn ("MOOOOOOMMMMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!!... he was excited about something?) and then it was not so sweet for the rest of the day.
The boys had an earlier than normal lunch, given Cohen's shorter than usual nap:
Then I grabbed some buckets and pitchers and we went outside and played in the water with the hose. I thought it would be a big hit with both boys but, maybe because he was tired, Cohen wasn't too thrilled with being all wet. This is when the disputing started.. Just the normal not wanting to share type stuff.
So we came inside and had a snack and the boys played in Finnegan's TeePee.
The disputing over sharing outside, turned kinda ugly when we came inside. I'm not sure if it was the fact that we were in a smaller space, or they were both just tired, but these 2 little boys were NOT getting along. Finn would push Cohen, Cohen would hit Finn, Finn would take a toy from Cohen, Cohen would take a swing at Finn.
There were timeouts, but for some reason today, the boys just were NOT responding to them. They didn't respond to talking either... it seemed as though they BOTH just went on discipline strike. NO! NO! WE WON'T GO!
Things went from kinda bad to CRAZY when Kate got here. She wasn't here 5 minutes to pick up Cohen when we heard the scream and the dropped cup, and turned around to see Finnegan screaming, and Cohen standing pointing and saying "Finn, Finn"(normally a sign that something bad just happened). Kate and I then saw the big red bite mark in the middle of Finnegan's back and we swung into action. I grabbed Finnegan to console him and we figured we'd make his owie into a sandwich and eat it to get rid of it (my weird mama owie sense of humor). Kate grabbed Cohen and took him into the kitchen and talked to him about biting his friends.
This was the second time within a week that Finn's gotten bitten, so Brandon and I decided that we should make time to talk to Kate and Ron to try and figure out what to do. I think that all 4 parents are needed to come up with a solution to this issue, so hopefully we'll be able to come up with something and live in harmony from here on out! See you tomorrow!
2 comments:
Perhaps Finn shouldn't taste so good? Kids do taste pretty yummy!
Tell me if you guys come up with anything good for biting. Gage gets really excited about something and decides to take a bite out of Brett or me (uaually Brett) it was kinda funny at first but I think Brett's getting tired of it. Gage bite him on hte back of the leg while he was playing wii the other day. He doesn't bite hard but hard enough. Hope all is well with you guys!!
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