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| Thu, 11-17-2005 - 4:48pm |
Ok,
Things have been going REALLLY well with the baby the transition couldn't have been smoother, plus hes a great sleeper and never cries:) Anyway, Dom loves Vincent, but he has been acting up for Mike and I. Everything has been a fight with him,but it had seemed to be getting better, he was actually acting normal for the past 2 days. So, I pick him up at preschool and his teacher tells me he spit his milk out on another child and punched someone(playfully),so he had to go in timeout. I had a talk with Dominic and he seemed pretty upset about this, poor guy. I'm thinking I should go in and have a conference with the teacher and get the whole story on what happened. Mike and I have been giving him a lot of attention, praise, etc...I just feel bad he's acting up, maybe something is really bothering him, and he's expressing it through anger. Does anyone have any advice? I want to do everything I can to help him.
Things have been going REALLLY well with the baby the transition couldn't have been smoother, plus hes a great sleeper and never cries:) Anyway, Dom loves Vincent, but he has been acting up for Mike and I. Everything has been a fight with him,but it had seemed to be getting better, he was actually acting normal for the past 2 days. So, I pick him up at preschool and his teacher tells me he spit his milk out on another child and punched someone(playfully),so he had to go in timeout. I had a talk with Dominic and he seemed pretty upset about this, poor guy. I'm thinking I should go in and have a conference with the teacher and get the whole story on what happened. Mike and I have been giving him a lot of attention, praise, etc...I just feel bad he's acting up, maybe something is really bothering him, and he's expressing it through anger. Does anyone have any advice? I want to do everything I can to help him.

I dont have any advise for you, as I am not in your shoes...yet.
It cant hurt to have a parent teacher conference just to get the whole overview of what he's been up to. It may just have been a bad day, or it could be that there is something bothering him. Let us know how it goes and what you decide to do. Can you also take notes please, as I'll be posting the same thing in a few months lol.
Kate from an ex pre-k and preschool teachers point of view I can tell you it could be anything...alot of help right? lol
Seriously though, he could have just thought it was funny or the other child could have dared him or even said "I bet you won't"...anything is possible. I am surprised the teacher didn't tell you what led up to it rather than just state what he did.
My advice would be to ask the teacher for the full details and make sure you and your Dh are not letting him get away with things just because you don't wan't him to feel bad. He will need to learn that baby or no baby things are the same and he will get into trouble if he misbehaves.
Good luck and I hope it works itself out.
Traci
But, like Traci said, it could be for reasons other then a baby is in the home .
Try speaking with him and ask him why he did it.
Also, try spending one on one time with him if you can, even 5 minutes.
Good luck, and it does get better, I promise.