All in one day-Good Relationship gone bad

[Inspired by Reggio]

Wow ~ ya that would hurt my feelings too ... biting is such a hard thing to deal with until you've had a child who 'bites' cause you just visualize it as such an aggressive thing and so often parents take it personally when their child is bitten like 'how could you let that happen' not realizing that it often happens so FAST and has no precursors or aggression attached to it before hand to let you 'know' its about to happen ~ that you can be sitting right there reading a book and everyone is happen and BAM someones decided their teeth hurt and needs some relief and picked up a hand and bitten it

I have not had a bitter in years but I can so remember the guilt as the caregiver having to tell a parent that their child was bitten on my watch and I can still remember having to 'calm' parents who were ready to pull their child out of the program over the biting because they felt it was just unacceptable for one human to bit another but after explaining development and the action plan that I would put in place know that I knew a child was having a biting stage they seemed to 'calm down' and work through it ~ but it is a hard stage for everyone involved for sure!

I am always one to approach things with honesty ... let her know how your feeling about the sudden change of plans and get to the bottom of 'why' she's decided to leave early and find some closure in regards to that either way. Cause while her feelings in regards to the biting and wanting to protect her child from future bites are valid so are yours feeling like you are being 'blamed' for this behavior and so forth equally valid and worthy of discussion to resolve the issue If after talking you and she are both willing to come by for it I would allow the child to have his good bye party with his other friends so that everyone gets closure.

My guess is that her pulling now is more about the option being there since he was leaving anyway and perhaps wanting to be making your load lighter while dealing with your newbie who sounds like a bit of a challenge than her truly having an issue with you or the care provided.