So in the midst of all this amazing press (including the fabulous little piece with Julia Stiles who is as amazing a person as she is an actress - and NO I am NOT saying that because you are reading this Julia but because it is true) I have neglected to write about some of the other things in my life. Mainly Isabella. She is definitely going through her own battle right now with my new schedule change. Here are just a few highlights that you may relate to or just enjoy.....ahh my life is just so glamorous.
Two weeks ago when I went to pick Isa up from school her teacher looked at me with a sad yet serious face and broke the news that Isa was biting all the boys in her class. When I turned to ask Isa if this was true she tilted her head to one side with big eyes and said, "Mommy. I eat people." As if this was just an acceptable fact. Now I probably should have contained myself until I left the school, but really I couldn't help but laugh. Of course the situation continued to get worse, and most boys were leaving with my daughter's teeth marks somewhere on their body. I tried to discuss this with her and give her "Time Out" but it rarely happened outside school and to give a child a "Time Out" for something happening hours before is a bit ridiculous.
I was quickly becoming the bad parent in the eyes of the school. The director was talking to me like I was a 16 year old single Mom instead of someone who use to be a child therapist. Each day she would try to impart some wisdom on me about raising my child. Of course when I went to her directly to ask her suggestions on what should be done she tried (and failed) to print me a piece of paper on biting and how to stop my child. Ummm...just a thought but perhaps it could be because for the first month or so in school my child had to stand alone and be a witness to the other children in her class cry non stop when their parents left. Isa has already gone through her separation stage being that she has been with a babysitter practically since birth. So as other children were in tears Isa was left alone because she was , "so good we don't need to worry about her." So not that I'm analysing the situation, but if you can't get attention through crying than biting definitely does the trick.
Eventually she grew out of biting, and a week later moved on to kissing all the boys in her class. So now as Halloween approaches we have another situation. While all the other 2 year-olds will be dressed as princesses and animals my child will be a flying monster. I tried to soften it by asking if she wanted to be a nice monster, but again she looked at me with those eyes and said, "No Mommy. I want to be a scary monster." Well at least it is a step up from the demon baby she wanted to be a few weeks ago.
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