On Friday, we decided to keep Henry home. Baby A and Miss R were fairly easy to get out of the house. And it is tons easier taking just two kids into daycare than keeping track of three.
I talked with Henry's teacher and she said that stomach flu was going around. She inquired about moving Miss R to an older 2 classroom, but said the staff don't want to move her b/c she'll "only" be in her current class for four more months before moving anyway. I said, "Well 4 months is one-third of her year. That's a lot of time." She agreed. I gather that she doesn't think the staff really understand what is best for the child from the teacher and parents' perspectives. It sounds like the staff don't respond to maternal requests but they respond to fathers. So, once Henry moves up to the 3s, Jeff is going to request that Miss R move to Henry's current classroom, which has mainly older 2s in it.
One of Henry's classmate's Aidan asked me "Where's Henry?" I told him that Henry had a tummy ache. When I got home, I found out from Jeff who found out from my mom that Aidan had hit Henry in the stomach yesterday. Maybe me saying that Henry is sick to his stomach will give Aidan a guilty conscience and he'll calm down on the hitting (yes, I'm jesting). Yesterday, Henry told my mom that Aidan hit him in the stomach. My mom asked, "Did you hit him back?" Henry said, "Yes." Henry usually doesn't start the hitting, but he certainly isn't going to just stand by and let himself be hit. Incidentally, his teacher said that hitting has gone down b/c several boys were transferred to the 3 year old room and girls took their places.
When I got home, Henry was reading with Jeff. Jeff went to work. I called my mom. While I was on the telephone with her, Henry had a gather messy accident that required a shower and tons of SpotBot action for the carpet. Poor guy. It would figure that the week he made the transition to "big boy" underwear, he'd come down with stomach flu.
From what I hear, it lasts 24 hrs. So hopefully by this evening, all will be well.
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2 comments:
Wow, the "Maybe me saying that Henry is sick to his stomach will give Aidan a guilty conscience and he'll calm down on the hitting" is a rather punitive statement for an adult to say about the actions of a 3-year-old. Yes, the hitting is wrong, but for an adult to want a child to feel that he is responsible for Henry being SO harmed by it that he had to stay home from school is harsh and perhaps cruel. My jaw dropped as I read it -- I hope it was written in jest.
"Anonymous,"
I think that you are taking things way too seriously.
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