What I have mentioned before<\/a> is that I would really like my children to not have an expulsion on their permanent record before the age of 2.<\/p>\nI texted Jon. \u201cYour son bit the teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. That would be YOUR son,\u201d he replied. \u201cMy son is a good boy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karma\u2019s a bitch.<\/p>\n
How did you did you deal with biting in your little ones? And no, I\u2019m not biting back.<\/p>\n
I will leave you to ponder that while I try to encourage Search to eat, and not snort, his chicken salad. Even if that is precisely what he *should* be using his sharp little chompers on.<\/p>\n
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