The new child in my class.

It was the third day of the new child Bhv (who is an Indian and is the son of a colleague of S). He is very cute and sweet and he cries a lot and displays a lot of anger as well. As said, "He is not sad that his mama is not here; he is angry that his mama is not here."

Yesterday while she was trying to manage him, he slapped her and later he slapped another girl from the group. He was so angry that he threw every little or big toy or interesting object I offered him for distraction. Then I brought him to the magnetic board and started showing him how the letters were getting stuck on it. I thought maybe  he would find it interesting. As usual, he struck them off the board angrily but because they were magnetic they just slid down and remained stuck. This fueled his anger so much that he violently started striking them to make them fall off the board....! Really ! What connection is there between not letting him go to his mama and making the letters fall anyhow?

Today he was crying non stop too. He just wanted to run away from the class and made several escapes. Once I allowed him to go out and was amused to see that he knew where the main door was and how he was pushing the door with all his strength to get it open.
Finally when it was sleep time, he didn't want to get inside the bed.
"Not this. Not this. Shoes. Shoes." He kept saying this and struggling out of bed sometimes even attempting to climb out. Suddenly he realized that his pants were also not on. I had taken it out before putting him to bed. Now he started saying pants, pants pants all the time. I said,
"Quiet"
"Pants"
"Go to sleep."
"Pants"
"Stop crying."
"Pants"
"Sshhh"
"Pants"
"Okay" So I gave him the pants and he even started putting his legs in them but couldn't manage more.
I took him in my arms and he snuggled close to me and became quiet. Perhaps he is used to being in his mama's arms a lot. And then he immediately surprised me by starting to address me as 'mama'.
"Mama, pants.
"No."
Mama, pants"
Finally he fell asleep in my arms out of sheer fatigue and exhaustion due to crying voraciously since morning and then I transfered him to his bed.

Really, children's world is so different...! They only want their mama....and their shoes and pants, 'cause they are intelligent enough to know that only their mother can take them back and if she came just now she wouldn't be able to without their shoes and clothes....!!!!