Last night = Not so good

Yeah, well, you didn't do quite as well last night as the night before. You would NOT go to bed by yourself, even with me in the room. And I was really tired to begin with. You finally fell asleep on the couch as usual, and I left Daddy with the task of putting you to bed. I had a lot of trouble sleeping, as I'm coming down with a cold I think, and between that and the THREE times you woke up crying, I got very little sleep. I feel dreadful today.

One remaining item from last Friday that I didn't get into was your behavior. You were sent home with a note on Friday that you had severely bitten your friend, and that you'd been aggressive with your classmates all week long! Great. Just the news we wanted to hear. We spent much of the weekend reminding you about how to be a good friend, and discussing appropriate behavior. I think you got it, and yesterday she said you were pretty good. I asked yesterday morning for more details about last week, and it seems usually you're pretty normal (all toddlers bite once in a while). But Friday your bite was particularly bad. Anyway, she said you're usually provoked into it and the girl you bit was basically your best friend.

This has prompted us to do some thinking, and I'm looking once again into your schooling options. I called two montessori schools yesterday. The first had a waiting list of 18 people for just the toddler room and the enrollment director for the second was already gone. I'll have to call again today. I'm going to contact the state for more info too. But the cost... the cost! We're paying roughly $440/month right now, and the cheapest decent montessori I've found is $660 for full-time school/daycare. Grrrr. I still think it's an option we're going to have to seriously consider. I think you need more structure, and more learning opportunities. That just means we're going to have to pay for it.

I'll keep you posted.