Let the biting begin
Well it is officially biting season at the Haslup house. Lela is a master biter and it is because she has cause. Up till now Piper has gleefully stolen everything that is Lela’s following to the letter the aforementioned Toddler Property Laws. Lela has casually let her take things and happily moved on to other toys, well that was B.T. (the time before teeth). Now that Lela is working on a full front set of 8, yes that is right, 8 teeth she is more than happy to defend her turf with the weapon of choice, biting.
So today Piper is sporting a nice bite mark on her right cheek with upper and lower indentations, very nicely done Lela. This occurred while we were sitting in the living room and Piper was playing with Noah’s Ark and Lela was riding the radio flyer car. Piper glimpsed an opportunity and went in for the car jacking. Lela defended her auto and won to drive away leaving Piper shrieking behind and me feeling totally helpless since I was sitting right there:) It puts a new perspective on bumps and bruises your little one might get playing at school or at a friends, sometimes whoever is watching them is sitting right there and it still happens (lucky for me since I stay at home I only have myself to blame).
The biting must not have been too much of a deterrent or Piper has a very short memory because later in the playroom Lela was riding Elvis and Piper tried to boot her off from behind. Lela went in for the bite and this time I was quick enough to sense the danger and prevent it (I was a bit like Smokey the Bear preventing a fire in the forest). The day was saved, Piper was left shrieking again but for different reasons and Mommy decided it was nap time. Without much protest the girls settled in for their morning nap. Sigh…..is it Friday yet?