Biting, Brothers, and Mob Bosses
Norah has gotten bit at daycare a couple times this fall. I’m not psyched about it, but I understand. 1 year old kids don’t have a fully developed vocabulary to verbalize their feelings. They are also still trying to push bone through their tiny sensitive gums. Sounds pretty fun.
And while I do feel ALL the mom guilt when it happens because “OMG my baby got bit because I left her ALL ALONE” I do understand that it just as easily could have happened while she was with me. At a playground. At the library. At our weekly Mike Tyson Baby Boxing class. Some things can’t be avoided.
But big brother Jack is NOT so understanding.
Jack must have heard us talking about Norah getting bit because the next day after it had happened things got SUPER real at drop off.
The Scene: 7:30am, daycare drop off. 6 tiny 1 year olds are sitting around a table eating cereal with their teacher.
Jack marches into the classroom with Norah and goes up to her teacher.
“Who bit Norah?”
“Oh, Jack I can’t tell you that. But she’s okay now. See, she’s happy!” – Teacher
Jack turns to all the little children around the table and his glare turns icey.
“Who bit my sister?”
Silence.
“Who bit her??”
Jack rolls up his sleeves, cracks his knuckles, and a lackey shows up out of nowhere to light Jack’s cigar. Perhaps Jack hadn’t made himself perfectly clear.
“WHO BIT NORAH?!?!?”
1 year olds don’t have a great gauge on when they are being threatened by the toddler mafia so they all just stared back at him for a minute and then went back to their Kix.
I somehow convinced Jack it was going to be okay and that Norah could fight her own battles. But if I had been the one who had bit Norah… man, I would have been shaking in my velcro sneakers…
Don’t mess with Jack’s sister.
With lots of love for my little mob boss and my tough little cookie,
Read more! The dishes can wait.
What if Jack is the one who bit her? His whole “tough guy-big brother” act could be to throw you off the scent.
That’s actually brilliant…
That is so cute! He is so protective of his little sister!
This morning I overheard him tell her “Norah, you’re my best friend in the whole world.” 🙂
LOLOLOL! Kids are so funny!
Seriously! From the mouths of babes!
This was entirely to cute! Jack is not playing. Jack is an awesome big brother that will have his sister’s back forever.
Thank you! They are quite the dynamic duo. 🙂
Lololol hilarious! Especially when the babies went back to eating their kix…Ahhh to be a kid again lol
OMG can you imagine what Nora’s first boyfriend will feel like?
Poor dude. Or lady. Jack is NOT playing.
Ha hilarious 😂
Love love love how protective he hos of his sister! So seeet!!
Check him out! It looks like Jack takes his big brother role pretty seriously. Lord help her when she starts dating!
Right?? Luckily she’s a pretty tough cookie too though. Anyone that dates her will need to go through Norah AND Jack and so the outlook looks bright.
Hahahahaa
He’s literally THE BEST big brother ever!
NO ONE messes with Jack’s sister. 🙂
Oh My goodness that is so precious
This morning he told her “Norah, you’re my best friend in the whole world.” <3 <3
Totally
Note to Self: Don’t mess with Jack (print this so when they are fighting when they’re older you can share it)
Hahaha great idea. I have a picture of him hugging my pregnant belly that I have printed for a rainy day too.
awww i love this so much!! hes so overprotective of his sister <3
Thank you! He’s a good dude!
He’s so adorable. So cute and very protective of her sister.
Thank you! Super protective. And she’s got his back too. 🙂 She may be little but she is fierce.
What a doll being so protective of his little sis! He sounds like an awesome big brother.
He’s the best! 🙂
Really funny post. Jack (love that name!) sounds like my big sister Kathryn, who once bloodied a kid’s nose because he threw a rock at me.
Go Kathryn!! Protect the family!
Ohhhhh, so sweet! Loved how protective he’s of his little sister! Much Love.
So protective! Until she takes his toys.
Aw, bless his heart! Little Man wanted to do the same last year (someone bit her under the freaking eye), but a 9-year-old interrogating and terrorizing a bunch of 2-year-olds wouldn’t have been as cute.
But still cute. Don’t mess with little sisters.