This evening was a good evening, right up until Ellie's bath started. David was getting her ready for bath and I was putting Max to bed. She was being a bit silly, seeing how far she could push things. David asked her to stop messing about and stand up. Somewhere in this she bent in and bit his chest.
David sent her to timeout and stayed in the bathroom. I think I was more upset at Ellie then he was. After a few minutes I began talking to her. SHe admitted biting. She kept crying. I explained she was never to bite anyone. Then I told her she had to go into the bathroom and apologize to her Daddy. She asked me to come with her (through her sobs). I said No, she needed to apologize to Daddy herself. SHe lost it.
She was so upset about the biting and embarrased about what she did, she couldn't even face David. It was quite cute really. She wanted me to hold her. I explained that it's hard when we hurt someone we love, but that it happens and it's very important to apologize. We explained Daddy still loves her always. Then David peeled her off me to take her in and finish her bath. (SHe was sobbing and saying, "I want Mommy.")
Poor little thing, this is a hard lesson in life to realize how bad it feels when you hurt someone you love so much.
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