The biter

Isabella is going through a bit of a difficult phase. (better be a phase). She is throwing tantrums and biting. She bit another child at daycare last Thurs and again on Monday. Daycare said they haven't seen her act like that. Both times she was fighting over a toy.

We've noticed a lot more tantrums lately. She throws herself down on the ground or pulls my hair or just grabs or hits at us. She's also been spending a little more time in timeouts, mainly for throwing her food on the floor. We don't use timeouts all that often, but she's been doing self-imposed timeouts as well. We will tell her not to do sometime and then she'll get upset and go put herself in a timeout. Occassionally she'll stop to grab a toy on the way, which isn't really the purpose of time.

On a happier note, she's saying more things. Elbow and bubbles are some impressive, clear words I've her say lately. I handed her a bottle of bubbles the other day and I didn't say bubbles, she did. She's also saying help and has a "help" dance that goes along with it. I don't have a video of it yet, but she says "help, help, help" and raises her arms up and down.