Yep... He's a Biter

The temporary pardon that I wrote about last week has been revoked.  Leonard bit another kid at daycare yesterday.  For a child that has a vocabulary of several hundred words and speaks more clearly than most kids his age, biting should not be anywhere near anything that he ever does.  But it is.

Last night, Leonard's evening consisted of standing in his room alone (apparently sitting just didn't sound good?), coming down to eat, taking a bath, and going to bed.  There was no television and no playing.  He was also not entitled to books being read to him.  Penny enjoyed her evening though, cartoons, books and all.

Before he went to bed, we did their sticker charts.  Penny earned hers for having such a good day and she was very excited to see the sticker go on the chart.  Then came Leonard's turn.

The Wife: "Were you good at daycare?"

Leonard: "Yes"

Us (pretty much in unison): "You bit a kid... that's not good."

The Wife: "Were you nice to your sister?"

Leonard: "Yes"

The Wife: "I would agree with that.  You were nice to her.  Did you listen to us today?"

Leonard: "Yes"

The Wife: "When we told you not to bite anyone anymore and we talked about it... you didn't listen to that.  Did you use your words today?"

Leonard: "Yes"

The Wife: "No.  Those are the first words that you have said to us since you got home from daycare."

We then informed him that he would not be getting his sticker and that tomorrow (today) would have to be a better day if he wanted one.  Then it was off to bed.  No tears though, which was slightly unexpected.  When I went in to tuck Penny into bed, he was still awake, huffing and puffing in the angry way that he does.

This morning he was pretty talkative though, so I guess he has a short memory.  Which is good in the way that he doesn't continue to be surly days after things happen, but is bad in the way that he seems to ignore conversations we have had about his behavior.  The daycare said that they would be sure to keep a closer eye on him during the day to make sure that the biting doesn't occur again.  Hopefully this will be a short phase and we can get past it sooner, rather than later.