DS 16mo has started biting when he doesn’t get his own way. I’ve been yelling Ow! so he knows he’s hurt me, and saying NO that’s naughty, we don’t bite! DS knows I’m annoyed because he cries when I tell him off.
This morning he bit my DM and she smacked his bottom. To say I’m furious is an understatement. He cried hysterically and when I comforted him DM told me off for “petting” him after he’s been naughty.
I told DM in no uncertain terms that she is not to smack my child. At first she tried to insist that you can’t call that a smack, it wasn’t hard and it didn’t even hurt. I persisted in saying it’s unacceptable so then DM switched to saying You just let DS do whatever he wants and it’s ridiculous, he’s going to grow up naughty, this is the problem with the world nowadays, I might as well go home because you’re just being nasty to me and I’m clearly not wanted.
I rely on DM for childcare and truthfully couldn’t afford to pay someone if she wasn’t available. But now I’m worried she’s hitting DS when I’m not there.
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Gran smacked DS
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Peachsummer · 13/06/2019 13:21
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