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In reply to the discussion: daycare says baby is aggressive (9 months) [View all]Solly Mack
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A 9 month old baby cannot be aggressive. That requires intention. And the only solution
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#18
And that is not aggression. And the solution is to control that baby's interactions
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#25
This should be a good thread LOL...yes babies and toddlers can show shitty behavior
snooper2
Aug 2015
#3
Nine month olds can be a handful but they are NOT aggressive. They aren't old enough
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#19
I don't think the word "aggressively" applies to babies either. It isn't equivalent
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#43
My gently-reared daughter left a complete set of tooth-marks on another toddler's arm. At that point
Hekate
Aug 2015
#30
It's ridiculous to call a 9 month old aggressive. A baby that age hasn't developed
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#21
"Aggressive" isn't an accurate description of a 9 month old. This isn't a toddler; it's a baby.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#29
Because of the daycare's use of the word "aggressively" I don't think they do understand
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#36
Exactly! This is a supervision problem. It's probably going to take months of repetitive teaching
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#38
I don't think that "aggression" has to mean that there was intent to cause harm.
blue neen
Aug 2015
#56
The ratio was 1:4 when my daughter was that age. Even at that, kids go from
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#20
If memory serves, the first time my daughter was bitten, it was by a 9-month-old.
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#48
Apparently a lot of people don't. There are people in this thread who think the same thing.
kcr
Aug 2015
#40
"play roughly w/ her friends and her dog" is what I found interesting. Some parents allow their kids
Sunlei
Aug 2015
#34
If a baby is aggressive at 9 mos., I wonder who is being aggressive with that baby to teach
mother earth
Aug 2015
#52
It's a pretty normal stage of development for a lot of infants. They just need to be stopped...
Hekate
Aug 2015
#54
The way it's being described, yeah. I have a family, don't ever remember aggressive behavior
mother earth
Aug 2015
#69
That's normal behavior, aggressive behavior is different. The day care person seems to be
mother earth
Aug 2015
#86
The teacher complaining about about normal behavior is probably the problem, not the baby.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#80
Yes, she is describing aggressive behavior which is different than the normal antics of
mother earth
Aug 2015
#88
No one teaches babies this and probably every nursing mother has experienced it,
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#79
The parents should take the child to a psychiatrist and have her evaluated. Maybe the stress..
BlueJazz
Aug 2015
#67
You're probably right. Rats..I was hoping we might have a young sociopath that we can study.
BlueJazz
Aug 2015
#74
Before we all go off the deep end criticizing the daycare worker that wrote this note,
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#77