Susan! Don't be absurd -- this is her first time in that kind of setting, ever, and she has no reference for it. There's not a child on earth who walked into a strange situation and immediately figured out what was expected.

OK. I'll stop beating myself up over letting her watch PBS and play by herself so much (with me in the room, of course), and try not to fret over the fact she seems more interested in things (the toys in the room) than people (her classmates and teachers).

Send me the info on the store and the cashier and what happened and I'll write a letter to the mangement telling them I was in line behind you and I was appalled.

That's just evil, vw.

Send me the info on the store and the cashier and what happened and I'll write a letter to the mangement telling them I was in line behind you and I was appalled.

Awww! You're so sweet! Maybe I'll just write a letter. That's a good idea.

ION, the cat just attacked the dog. Dog is bleeding. Dog freaked out and peed on the floor.

Is this day over yet?

Please tell me she'll learn and not be an antisocial out-of-control brat forever.

Susan, Annabel is 18-19 months or so, correct? Based on my limited experience with children that age, that isn't unusual.

After my nephew Anthony started walking, he was a terror. Would tear books out of my hands. Pull books out of my bookbag and tear the pages.

Once at Hubs' mother's place, I saw his parents driving up and ran to hide my bookbag from him before he walked in. Stubbed my toe on a coffee table. Required a trip to the emergency room (on Hubs' birthday, no less), where I found out I had a broken toe. Anthony was about 22 months at the time.

((((vw))))

Just on karma alone, you've earned the week (or even month or year) of your dreams today.

Please tell me she'll learn and not be an antisocial out-of-control brat forever.

Her behavior sounds completely normal, it takes some time to learn social skills.

She's 19 months, which places her on the young end of her classroom (it's 18-24 months), and they've all been there for awhile.

I'll give her a few weeks before I really worry about it, but it's kind of embarrassing to have the badly behaved child, especially after I've gotten used to babysitters and nursery workers gushing about her. Of course, it isn't her behavior that's changed--it's the expectations. She's smart. She'll catch on. She'll probably always be as solitary as the situation will allow, but so was I throughout my school days, so that's no big deal.

We're adding Mallory to the LAN: [link]

Is this day over yet?

I suspect Toto is thinking the same thing.