just when you thought it was safe to go in the playroom……
enter the “two year old”.
with teeth as sharp as Ginzu knives and a jaw as powerful as a sharks.

this is a stage that is not new to us. Zander began his carnivorous tendencies about a year ago and stopped doing it for a while, after mommy bit him back.
“yes”, that’s what I said. I bit him back.
and I’m reluctantly considering doing it again.

I understood his frustration before. he was now a toddler.
a mute toddler with freshly emerged little pearl razor blades in his arsenal.
if something or someone bothered him, no problem.
“I’ll just bite them until I draw blood and my victim either kicks me off of them or until the screaming starts to bother me.”

but now that he is verbalizing along with everyone else and has no problem telling us his wants and needs, I’d say these “vicious volleys” must be thwarted.

if anybody has any suggestions, BESIDES reciprocating the attack, I am totally open to your wisdom and experience in this matter.

after trying every suggestion given to me, I have run out of ideas and I think raising my little white flag and coming to terms with the fact that I just don’t have all the answers is the first step towards taming the beast.

I’m just afraid I have bitten off way more than I can chew!