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Well THAT was awesome. (Biting!)
DD has been in her new class for 1.5 weeks. They only take 1 nap a day and she sleeps anywhere between 1 to 1.5 hours. I don't feel that its enough and have felt uneasy about the nap change but decided to give it a chance because the week before she started in that class she wasn't taking her afternoon nap (or taking one but it was short).
Today I pick her up at the end of the day and she is hysterically crying. Just standing in the middle of the room, red faced, sweaty, in tears. One of her teachers said it was because she just changed her and she had diaper rash, the other said she was upset because the other parents were picking up their kids. It took her a good 5 minutes to stop crying even after I was holding her.
We got her home and into the bath and there was a huge red bite on her arm. It didn't quite break the skin but a very thin layer was peeling off like a sunburn. If she hadn't of had long sleeves on I bet it would have broken the skin.
Obv, the long sleeves explains why they didn't see the bite mark, but is it too much to ask that they look to see whats going on? Why was she standing in the middle of the room crying by herself? Would you talk to the teachers about the napping schedule or go back to trying it? I guess the crying was the bite, but I still can't shake the feeling that 1 nap just isn't enough for her.
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Re: Well THAT was awesome. (Biting!)
We took pics of the bite, not that it changes anything. My poor baby.
I would be pissed. Like Kiarox said, someone should have been comforting her. And to not notice when the crying began (like, not during a diaper change and in fact after someone BIT her)? I'm glad you took the picture tonight. Poor baby :-(
I'd talk to them about the lack of comforting an obviously distraught child and the bite. I'd leave the nap talk for another day though.
I'm so sorry for little miss!
ITA. It breaks my heart to think that your poor little girl was standing in the middle of the room crying and no one was comforting her. :-( I am a nap nazi around here so I would definitely ask about the naps. Maybe they won't change, but you never know if you don't ask. I'm sorry she was bitten, hope it's all better quickly.
M wasn't ready for one nap when he transitioned either and it sucked at home for a while. Most likely there isn't much they can do - how likely is it that she would nap in the afternoon while the other kids are playing/doing an activity? Doesn't hurt to discuss it, but I wouldn't go in expecting a great solution.
Sorry about the bite. I would mention it to the teachers. M had a biter in his last class for a while and it sucked - he was coming home with bite marks several times a week. Most of the time the teacher noticed, but not always. Not comforting a crying kid is more the issue to me than the bite.
This. Bless her heart! And that bite looks painful!
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! Your sweet girl! It makes me really sad/mad that she would be crying like that without comfort. I would definitely address that first.
I would address the nap issue separately, but I would address it. I'm a stickler about DS's sleep and he didn't drop down to one nap til 20 months! (I have wondered if he'd been in daycare, does that mean he would have been missing a nap that he needed for 8 months?) You, as her mom, know if she needs more rest, so don't be afraid to advocate for her. If you think after a week or two that she'll make it up elsewhere (like go to bed earlier/sleep later/take one looong nap), then that's one thing, but I wouldn't want my child chronically tired, esp as we go into cold/flu season.
Big hugs to you and your girl. Also, don't beat yourself up about not saying something immediately. I'm sure your first instinct was just to comfort her, not deal with the teachers, etc. It's no big deal to talk to them after the fact, and in fact, you'll probably be more calm and say everything that you want to say since you waited.
as the pp's said i'd definitely say something about the bite and the lack of concern from the teachers of her standing there wailing like that.
as for the naps, it's totally the norm for the 12+ month room to be on one nap. she'll adjust, and hopefully quickly. not too long after dd moved into that room she actually started getting more sleep than in the infant room where she'd take random naps while other kids were playing/screaming/crying/whatever. once she was in the room where everyone was napping at the same time in a dark, quiet room, her nap time greatly increased.
Seriously, you were in shock and your first instinct was to take care of her. And it's probably better you didn't talk with them then because you would have been thinking as clearly, since you were upset. I would definitely show them te pics today though. Good luck! Let us know how it goes!