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Biting real hard

April 2, 2008 on 10:38 pm | In Azhaan |

Azhaan has a habit of biting Rayaan. Sometimes he bites him just like that. For fun. Sometimes he’s provoked and he thinks this is the only way he can retaliate. And sometimes I don’t know what gets into him.

Tonight, he bit Rayaan on his back. I don’t know why because I was in the kitchen making rotis. I only heard Rayaan wail and scream and Parvez bhai(Rayaan’s father) who was in the kitchen, making a noodle stir fry for himself went running to see what the matter was. Before I even entered the room, I knew what the problem was. It was Azhaan obviously. He bit Rayaan so hard that blood was coming out of the wound. Anjum(Rayaan’s mother) cleaned the wound and applied some cream. While I dished out a lot of spanking to Azhaan. I know. Cruel of me. But I don’t know what to do. I couldn’t stand there just like that while Rayaan screamed his guts out and Parvez bhai looking so much in pain himself, and feeling helpless.

To top it all, Az was trying to be cute. He puckered his mouth in a bow and tried to trick me into believing he’s an angel. And he started saying ‘BeeBee’ which is what he calls Rayaan. I got really mad at him. Anyway, I behaved badly too.

With kids, these things are bound to happen everyone says. Well, if Rayaan and Azhaan had been twins, I might have handled this differently. But Rayaan is a baby belonging to another set of parents. Parents who cannot even vent their frustration out because the situation itself is awkward.

Anyway, once we go to our separate homes, I hope these biting incidents will really slow down. They have to!!