Thursday, August 21, 2008

How embarrassing!

I picked up Jake from daycare today and I was afraid to hear what they had to say. Yesterday we got a bad report. He was hitting, biting, pulling hair and throwing toys. They wanted to know how they were supposed to handle it. I don't know. Make him stop! I don't want the naughty child! Today they told me he was good. Then the one lady I think doesn't like Jake asked me who taught him to say "tickle tickle" when you change his diaper and he plays with his "thingie." I was horrified! He said what? And this grown woman can't say pe.nis? Anyway, I was so embarrassed. Jake screams almost every time you change his diaper. I try to distract him with a toy or by tickling his tummy. When I tickle him I always say "tickle, tickle." As soon as you get the tab undone on his diaper he has his hand down his diaper and is yanking on his pe.nis. So he associates my saying tickle with his playing with himself!!! Great! He isn't even a quite a year and he is getting me in trouble with the things he says! It only goes down hill from here...

3 comments:

Kirsten said...

Don't feel bad...Landry does the same thing (except the "tickle, tickle" part...too funny!!!). As soon as we take her diaper off, she's grabbing down there. Just exploring, I suppose :)
That is kinda strange that the teacher calls it a "thingie" though...I don't think I've called it that since elementary school!
Oh, and the new stroller I bought was $100 which is a little steep but the cheap ones I bought were $20 and were beat-up after only a couple of months of use so I think I would have gone through 3-4 throughout their stroller phase (times two, of course!). This one seems extremely sturdy and we can use it until they are 55 pounds so I plan to have it until they no longer want to ride in a stroller!

Hopeful Mother said...

Alex likes to tug down there too (I let him, as long as he doesn't hurt himself! He can tug pretty hard.) It's amazing how they already know what is interesting and feels good to them... I'm trying not to make a big deal of it in the hopes that he won't either!

Sara said...

I've got to admit that I got a chuckle out of the "tickle tickle" thing. That's hilarious.

That teacher sounds very odd.