Ouch!

Well Austin and I had a interesting morning. I was attempting to get his ankle braces and his shoes on for school and he just would NOT sit still! I held him down in my lap and firmly asked him to sit still. Well, he didn't like being told to sit so what did he do? He bit me. Sigh. At first I thought he was just pushing his mouth on my sleeve (a sensory thing he sometimes does) but no. He bit down hard. Of course, his teeth broke a blood vessel making it hurt all that much more. So after disciplining him, I'm crying (from pain and shock that he bit me!) and he's crying cause he got in trouble. Great start to a morning (thankfully, it got much better!). After I had quit sniffling, I firmly told Austin biting was unacceptable and that he had hurt Mommy. He signed "sorry" (with prompting) and hugs were given. All is forgiven.

I hesistated even posted this cause it's not something a mom wants to admit. I mean, who wants to be purposely hurt by their own child?!? Austin has never bitten before (except as an infant when he was teething) so I was hoping we'd never go down this road. Once I thought about it, I realized that someday another mom is going to go through this very same thing and it's always nice to know you aren't alone. We RTS parents have to stick together and realize that we're doing the best we can and sometimes our kids will act out. It's one of their ways of communicating. Doesn't make it right or less painful but I understand.