So I'm giving Owen and Oona a bath tonight when I notice this mark on Owen's leg. At first I thought he had somehow given himself a hickey on his thigh but I don't know that's it's human possibly to do this to yourself. Then Owen told me a kid bit him in karate when they are all allowed to play and run around like maniacs at the end. I asked him if he cried or told anyone what happened and he said no to both. My son is very against being seen as a tattle tale so he tends not to say stuff to teachers when, I feel, he really should. He did tell the boy that he shouldn't bite, so reasonable at five, but I'm ready to kick some 4 to 6 year old butt, since I'm not as level headed as my son. Not really but I think that is completely out of control for a kid that old to bite him through his pants to the point that it would look like that. I asked Owen if he knew the kid's name and he said no when I asked him to describe him he said he had grey hair, I think Owen might have some degree of color blindness since I don't know of any kids with that hair color - he did say he'll point him out to me on Friday. I'm grateful that it didn't break the skin but my adrenaline is already racing for Friday when I take him to class and talk to the instructor and parent about what happened. And here I've spent all my energy worrying about dog bites.
Monday, March 17, 2008
boy bites boy
So I'm giving Owen and Oona a bath tonight when I notice this mark on Owen's leg. At first I thought he had somehow given himself a hickey on his thigh but I don't know that's it's human possibly to do this to yourself. Then Owen told me a kid bit him in karate when they are all allowed to play and run around like maniacs at the end. I asked him if he cried or told anyone what happened and he said no to both. My son is very against being seen as a tattle tale so he tends not to say stuff to teachers when, I feel, he really should. He did tell the boy that he shouldn't bite, so reasonable at five, but I'm ready to kick some 4 to 6 year old butt, since I'm not as level headed as my son. Not really but I think that is completely out of control for a kid that old to bite him through his pants to the point that it would look like that. I asked Owen if he knew the kid's name and he said no when I asked him to describe him he said he had grey hair, I think Owen might have some degree of color blindness since I don't know of any kids with that hair color - he did say he'll point him out to me on Friday. I'm grateful that it didn't break the skin but my adrenaline is already racing for Friday when I take him to class and talk to the instructor and parent about what happened. And here I've spent all my energy worrying about dog bites.
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it's that mother adrenaline--the stuff that automatically kicks in when we need to protect our little ones. i'll be thinking of you friday, and i hope you can get this taken care of so that it doesn't happen again--to owen or anyone else!
i got shivers looking at that. poor owen!
on a completely unrelated note- would love to know about that quilt.
Yeah, the bite is bad. He's got a nasty bruise from it. I hope the talk with the biter's parent goes well. I don't want them to feel bad, I just want them to realize next time their kid bites someone on the leg he might get kicked or punched in the face. They're lucky that Owen isn't a fighter. And four or older seems a bit old to still be biting people
The pinwheel quilt and sham were my x-mas gift and are from garnet hill, the link is below. I love the idea of pairing the quilt with orange polka dot sheets as shown in one of the pics - brilliant!
http://www.garnethill.com/jump.jsp?itemID=7542&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C5%2C9019%2C9036&iProductID=7542
so sorry owen. i hope all goes well on friday. and i love that quilt, too!
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