So ummmm...

My 2 year old....that sweet little boy of mine...got kicked out of preschool last week.

Now, you may be wondering what on earth he could have possibly done   

am I right?

Well it involves teeth...specifically HIS teeth...on someone else's kid.

Yeah that.

He started going to this place back in March, and did really well

Except for puking on the teacher his first day because I left him and he was crying so hard

and except for that other time that he threw a matchbox car and it hit another kid in square in the noggin

that kind of sucked.

And then everything was fine for a while!

Until about a month ago, when I got a call in the middle of the day informing me

that Adam had BITTEN another little boy. 

I was shocked,

mortified

He's never done that before...what on earth?

It was just a nip on the arm, or so we thought

Until that little boy got home and his mom found an actual circle bite with teeth marks on his back

and when asked what happened he said "adam bit me"

I saw that circle bite 2 days later...a perfect little oval bruise of teeth marks on a tiny boy's back

I felt terrible

no matter what happened, or why adam was pissed off at this boy...

seeing that bite mark disturbed me

Teacher starts to observe more closely and keep a better eye on things

and thinks it's a problem strictly between adam and this one boy

boy being a bit on the aggressive side and not respecting adam's space

no problem with any of the other boys - but this one kid just sets him off somehow

We go a couple of weeks without incident

Until last Tuesday

I was there when it happened

This boy ran up to adam

grabbed his arm, ripped a toy out of his hand and ran off

adam FLIPPED

Shouted NO, chased after him

and chomped on his arm

just like that

I was shocked

tears

time out

other parents and kids observing

other boy was fine, just a red mark on his arm

but still...

to see my kid lose it like that just unnerved me

I contacted the parents, with apologies,

decided to call adam's doctor and seek advice

Later the next day I get an email asking for us to "remove adam from my care"

3 strikes and all

I'm not even gonna pretend that didn't hurt

I understand her position

I understand her need to protect her kids

I know she didn't want to do that

but I still cried

(also pmsing and overly emotional about it all)

Nobody ever wants to hear that their kid isn't welcome

He really is a sweet and hilarious little boy

it's a phase right?

Hubs seems to think it's from all those vampire books I read while I was pregnant

HAR-HAR.

I have to admit - the boy does have some fangs

Moving on

Adam is starting a new preschool in August, one he's been on a waiting list for since he was 15 months old

And both hubs and I felt we should do the right thing and tell this new teacher what happened

just in case

And today - she wrote us this long email

putting our hearts at ease

She gets it

she's dealt with this before

her own son did it

she knows how we feel

but also said in almost 20 years

she's never asked a child to leave

(although she HAS asked some parents to leave - hee!)

She's excited to get to know Adam

and reassured us he's just frustrated about not being able to communicate yet

AND she is fitting us in with a drop in spot

one day a week starting early July

So we don't have to wait until August

Yippee

Love her already

Relief