jgenie
11-19-2010, 09:33 PM
A couple of things have happened with DS1's ST in the last few weeks that have me puzzled. I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on it or see something I'm missing. When DS2 was a newborn - I would sit in on DS1's sessions and nurse DS2 or just hold him. As he's gotten more mobile we've been staying in another room. Lately DS1 hasn't wanted me to leave the room - he wants us to stay in the same room. I'm not sure if it's because he recently started preschool or something else.
- A couple of weeks ago DS1 was having a session and DS2 and I were playing in the same room. The ST had a magnetic board with an oval drawn on it and had flat Mr. Potato Head parts to put on it. So she asked DS1 to put different parts on it and he did. He got stuck on the tie, hat and ears - he kept putting them on in the right place but inside the oval instead of outside the oval. She kept correcting him when he would place them incorrectly and he would try again but still put them inside the oval. I don't think he was being difficult - he just didn't understand that they oval was the face and that certain accessories belonged outside the face. She kept at him for quite a while and wouldn't move on to something else nor would she demonstrate that the items belonged outside of the circle. At one point she took out a different toy showed it to DS1 asked if he wanted to play with it but told him he couldn't have it until he placed the remaining items correctly on Mr. PH. At the time I thought it must have been just something they were working on but the more time passes the more it bothers me.
- Earlier this week the ST brought foam blocks to play with and at some point during the session DS1 put one in his mouth I heard her telling him she was going to have to clean it but didn't think much of it. When I went in to sign for the session I saw two blocks that weren't in the bag and told her because I was afraid they overlooked them and she would leave them behind. She then told me that they were not in the bag because DS1 had put them in his mouth and that DC his age shouldn't be putting toys in their mouth and that she was going to have to take them home to clean them. (DS1 will be 3 in Jan.)
- Today I was in the kitchen while the ST and DS1 were in the next room. They were working with Playdoh on a tray she brought and I guess DS1 was trying to use it somewhere other than the tray because I heard her tell him "You're not the boss - I am - You don't get to make the rules - I do." I came in from the kitchen when I heard her and asked if there was a problem. She said no they were just wrapping up and she started putting things away and getting ready to leave.
Sorry this got so long - one of these would have made me stop and wonder but figure she just had a bad day - all of these together really makes me question whether DS1 should continue to see her. Is there something I'm missing here? Maybe there's a reason and I'm completely missing the obvious. Thoughts?? TIA
- A couple of weeks ago DS1 was having a session and DS2 and I were playing in the same room. The ST had a magnetic board with an oval drawn on it and had flat Mr. Potato Head parts to put on it. So she asked DS1 to put different parts on it and he did. He got stuck on the tie, hat and ears - he kept putting them on in the right place but inside the oval instead of outside the oval. She kept correcting him when he would place them incorrectly and he would try again but still put them inside the oval. I don't think he was being difficult - he just didn't understand that they oval was the face and that certain accessories belonged outside the face. She kept at him for quite a while and wouldn't move on to something else nor would she demonstrate that the items belonged outside of the circle. At one point she took out a different toy showed it to DS1 asked if he wanted to play with it but told him he couldn't have it until he placed the remaining items correctly on Mr. PH. At the time I thought it must have been just something they were working on but the more time passes the more it bothers me.
- Earlier this week the ST brought foam blocks to play with and at some point during the session DS1 put one in his mouth I heard her telling him she was going to have to clean it but didn't think much of it. When I went in to sign for the session I saw two blocks that weren't in the bag and told her because I was afraid they overlooked them and she would leave them behind. She then told me that they were not in the bag because DS1 had put them in his mouth and that DC his age shouldn't be putting toys in their mouth and that she was going to have to take them home to clean them. (DS1 will be 3 in Jan.)
- Today I was in the kitchen while the ST and DS1 were in the next room. They were working with Playdoh on a tray she brought and I guess DS1 was trying to use it somewhere other than the tray because I heard her tell him "You're not the boss - I am - You don't get to make the rules - I do." I came in from the kitchen when I heard her and asked if there was a problem. She said no they were just wrapping up and she started putting things away and getting ready to leave.
Sorry this got so long - one of these would have made me stop and wonder but figure she just had a bad day - all of these together really makes me question whether DS1 should continue to see her. Is there something I'm missing here? Maybe there's a reason and I'm completely missing the obvious. Thoughts?? TIA