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.

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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.

Susan, I'd be most interested in how the teachers reacted to her behavior. That could be a good tell for how they'll deal with her in general, and how they will help her adjust to the new environment.

I wanna work somewhere where the surprises are mostly of the "Aw heck, it's a holiday weekend, why dontcha knock off a bit early" sort.

My job the surprises lately have been of the "bosslady telling me the new guy thinks I'm too pushy, then she tells me he says I don't show him how to do stuff right so why don't I try showing him the written instructions while I explain, then she tells me he feels like the books are being pushed on him, and I tell her I wanna make chocolate Ex-lax chip brownies for him" sort. When she introduced me to him, she made a joke of how many of the other employees feel I'm one of her pets. Way to really foster good relations there, bosslady. Yesterday when she said maybe we three should get together to talk things out, I couldn't bear the idea, and flatly stated I was unwilling to do so. This is a matter of self-preservation - I have no more idea how to get what I need out of a meeting like this, than I do any clue how to get the guy to learn his job. I am pretty sure my attitude shocked her - I think this was the first time I've reacted negatively to something she asked of me, without plenty of facts to back myself up.

I was so upset when I got home from work last night, that the cats didn't even come down stairs to greet me. Poor Daniel bore that alone.

Susan, I'd be most interested in how the teachers reacted to her behavior. That could be a good tell for how they'll deal with her in general, and how they will help her adjust to the new environment.

I'd say they kept an eye on her, but basically let her do her own thing. The head teacher admired her cuteness and her smile, and said she'd catch on in a few weeks. I'm guessing they would've tried more to get her to participate if she'd been there for the day instead of just for a brief visit with us in the room the whole time.