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78. Yes, if I liked the teachers, the daycare, and thought they were correctly

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:54 AM

Aug 2015

handling the situation.

On the other hand, I wouldn't stick with a daycare that treated 9 month old babies like potential little monsters.

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daycare says baby is aggressive (9 months) [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

uh oh randys1 Aug 2015 #1

GMTA... pacalo Aug 2015 #10

maybe...its another... yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #83

Or even this... pacalo Aug 2015 #90

What's wrong with the note? frazzled Aug 2015 #2

A 9 month old baby cannot be aggressive. That requires intention. And the only solution pnwmom Aug 2015 #18

A 9-month old baby can hit and bite and scratch frazzled Aug 2015 #22

And that is not aggression. And the solution is to control that baby's interactions pnwmom Aug 2015 #25

Would you send your child to a daycare center Aerows Aug 2015 #65

My child has been bitten by a friend's toddler. pnwmom Aug 2015 #66

Not a friend Aerows Aug 2015 #76

Yes, if I liked the teachers, the daycare, and thought they were correctly pnwmom Aug 2015 #78

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #87

This should be a good thread LOL...yes babies and toddlers can show shitty behavior snooper2 Aug 2015 #3

Amazing is right. Octafish Aug 2015 #6

Do me a favor, google ( 9 month old hitting ) snooper2 Aug 2015 #12

The moms need to read some actual books, then, and get some basic understanding pnwmom Aug 2015 #23

you are right nt d_r Aug 2015 #64

Nine month olds can be a handful but they are NOT aggressive. They aren't old enough pnwmom Aug 2015 #19

aggression does not require intent. yes, a nine month old can display aggression cali Aug 2015 #26

Roughness doesn't. Aggression does. We're talking about a 9 month old pnwmom Aug 2015 #31

When my boys were small, I found that at early ages, Bettie Aug 2015 #85

Hah! One of my babies bit me. HARD. Before he even left the NICU. Crunchy Frog Aug 2015 #70

Get her into the police academy at once! KamaAina Aug 2015 #4

Or a business school, when she's old enough. hifiguy Aug 2015 #13

The responses at the source seem to be siding with the daycare! REP Aug 2015 #5

The letter isn't fine. It's ignorant and shows the daycare teacher pnwmom Aug 2015 #24

The word used was "aggressively" REP Aug 2015 #41

I don't think the word "aggressively" applies to babies either. It isn't equivalent pnwmom Aug 2015 #43

She'll be in the foreclosure business as soon as she learns to talk jmowreader Aug 2015 #7

My gently-reared daughter left a complete set of tooth-marks on another toddler's arm. At that point Hekate Aug 2015 #30

And my gentle friend's daughter clamped her teeth down on my daughter's arm pnwmom Aug 2015 #82

Call me OT! Solly Mack Aug 2015 #8

The daycare center is undoubtedly hearing from other parents. blue neen Aug 2015 #9

The daycare center is likely *telling* the other parents. winter is coming Aug 2015 #17

Oh yes, they have to document everything... blue neen Aug 2015 #58

It's ridiculous to call a 9 month old aggressive. A baby that age hasn't developed pnwmom Aug 2015 #21

ooh bull. the note was appropriate and polite. it described the child's behavior cali Aug 2015 #27

"Aggressive" isn't an accurate description of a 9 month old. This isn't a toddler; it's a baby. pnwmom Aug 2015 #29

I agree, but the daycare doesn't call her aggressive gollygee Aug 2015 #32

Because of the daycare's use of the word "aggressively" I don't think they do understand pnwmom Aug 2015 #36

I guess I give them the benefit of the doubt here gollygee Aug 2015 #37

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

I think it does when it's added to the word "roughly." pnwmom Aug 2015 #57

Yeah, I can see that. blue neen Aug 2015 #60

Nonsense it is just their imagination. Rex Aug 2015 #11

I hope that's a Halloween costume! DawgHouse Aug 2015 #14

Me too! Rex Aug 2015 #15

Man, that is just creepy. Almost as creepy as this.... smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #49

Do they mean a stuffed dog? TBF Aug 2015 #16

The ratio was 1:4 when my daughter was that age. Even at that, kids go from winter is coming Aug 2015 #20

Oh I agree with that - TBF Aug 2015 #46

If memory serves, the first time my daughter was bitten, it was by a 9-month-old. winter is coming Aug 2015 #48

It's the choice of language that is problematic. missingthebigdog Aug 2015 #28

Apparently a lot of people don't. There are people in this thread who think the same thing. kcr Aug 2015 #40

Future Republican, maybe? Jamastiene Aug 2015 #33

But you aren't saying that means something is wrong with her vanlassie Aug 2015 #59

I guess that makes my son a future North Korean dictator. Crunchy Frog Aug 2015 #71

"play roughly w/ her friends and her dog" is what I found interesting. Some parents allow their kids Sunlei Aug 2015 #34

Why did she write it in crayon and why is there a dog there? nt Hekate Aug 2015 #35

LOL...it's a baby. Iggo Aug 2015 #39

I know! surprised at the DU response Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #44

9 month old babies are learning what is and is not acceptable. DawgHouse Aug 2015 #42

Normally I would think "it's not possible for babies to be aggressive" Marrah_G Aug 2015 #45

Thoughtful response - TBF Aug 2015 #47

Brr. That is just a heartbreaker -- and I don't doubt you for a moment. nt Hekate Aug 2015 #53

What that kid needs is a good, swift beating. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #50

My daughter was a biter. It was horrible. cyberswede Aug 2015 #51

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

Seriously? You think there's something abnormal about a 9 month old vanlassie Aug 2015 #62

The way it's being described, yeah. I have a family, don't ever remember aggressive behavior mother earth Aug 2015 #69

You don't remember that a nine month old grabs vanlassie Aug 2015 #75

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

Everything a nine month old does is intentional. vanlassie Aug 2015 #89

No one teaches babies this and probably every nursing mother has experienced it, pnwmom Aug 2015 #79

Some kids are just like this laundry_queen Aug 2015 #55

Oh Crap- ruffburr Aug 2015 #61

CALL THE PRESSES, BABIES CRY! Lancero Aug 2015 #63

The parents should take the child to a psychiatrist and have her evaluated. Maybe the stress.. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #67

Or she's teething? Lancero Aug 2015 #73

You're probably right. Rats..I was hoping we might have a young sociopath that we can study. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #74

Or maybe the teacher should take herself to a psychologist pnwmom Aug 2015 #81

I was kidding. I figured that's what some of the populace would try. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #84

There's nothing wrong with the note. Captain Stern Aug 2015 #68

It's the Original Sin in her! Crunchy Frog Aug 2015 #72

Before we all go off the deep end criticizing the daycare worker that wrote this note, PatrickforO Aug 2015 #77