This morning the girls were playing in the bathroom w/ some paint brushes Grace had (no paint on them!). I guess Grace decided she didn't want Eva to have the one she was playing w/, and although Grace didn't ask for it back the right way - Eva shouldn't have bit her! Grace rather than saying, "Eva can I please have that?" which Eva will generally smile and hand it to you - not always though! Grace just grabbed it from her - so Eva immediately leaned in and BIT her on the crook of her arm. Grace started crying w/ real tears - bless her heart! I know it hurt, Eva's bitten me before. Her little arm had a raspberry from where she bit her and the teeth marks started to swell up.
Grace said it was bleeding but it didn't break the skin. I think it hurt Grace's feelings as much as it actually hurt. Matt wasn't home, so I couldn't manage both girls. Eva was crying right along with Grace... but I told Eva, "No - No biting!" and took her to her crib. Where she cried for the next 20 minutes, while I rocked Grace trying to make her feel better. When I went to get Eva, she stopped crying. I made her say she was sorry - not that she says "sorry" but she kissed Grace. I think she (Eva) was emotionally exhausted b/c she took a three hour nap!
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