| Saturday, March 31, 2007 |
| stupid mistake #3256 |
Lesson I've learnt today:
When a prep kid tells you needs to go to the toilet, he means it!
Nothing makes you feel more guilty than making a kid wait and then returning to find he's 'had an accident'! The worst part was he said to me very matter of factly "My mummy says that when I feel that I need to go, that I should tell a teacher straight away". Which is exactly what he did! And I dismissed him!
Oh the guilt!
Luckily he wasn't too fussed and he had a change of clothes (quite miraculous really - perhaps in anticipation of events such as these?).
Another amusing prep kid complained to me that another boy hurt his "ankle bone" whilst clutching at his forearm.
Kids say the darndest things! |
posted by Jac @ 10:53 AM  |
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| 7 Comments: |
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as long as he didnt have an accident all over you, i suppose thats a good thing... poor little tyke.
Is it more fun now at work?
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Naww the poor little fella! He'll get over it though - I'm sure you're feeling more badly about it than he is! hehe wait until you get a kid who's stuck a crayon up his nose... it's only a matter of time :)
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Hehe...I have had a kid pee on me!!! Oh and wipe there noses on my clothes...among other things.
How old are prep kids? 5? Seriously he is old enough to go to the toilet himself right? hehe, but you are right, when a kid tells you he needs to go the tolet you probably only have 30 seconds to a minute before they have an accident. Kids don`t realize they need to go to the toilet til the last minute!!!
Like you said though you learnt the lesson, it probably won`t happen again...at least not with the same kid!! It can`t be helped though!!!
All our kids must have a set of spare clothes in their backpacks (not just for toilet accidents but also for when they throw up, wipe their painted hands on their pants, spill there lunch, fall over in mud etc...The possibilities are endless.
Kids do say the darndest things though! Got a cute little half British Japanese girl for Spring School and she sounds so posh despite being only 6...Will have to post some of the things she talks about!
Is the job getting better?
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Pee, puke, whinging and whining!GAH you can keep it!!
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It's not like you *meant* to make him do it, so don't feel too bad.
Kids at that age can often get caught up playing or something and then wil only tell you they need to go at the latest possible second. It's a learning curve, for you to try and speed up the going to the toilet stuff when possible, but the kids also have to learn to pee first, then go back to playing because they can't always go to the toilet the second they need it.
All kids from 0 - preschool will almost always have a couple of sets of clothes with them, and even then I'd say most kids up til about year three have a set of spare undies. Just a tip :D
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Ah, tell the kid to take a health class before he starts complaining about where he hurts.
Then again, I've never been very good at giving advice. I was the one who told you to entertain them with fire breathing.
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Oh no! I think think the others are right though- you probably feel a lot worse than the kid. A bit of a learning curve for both of you :)
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as long as he didnt have an accident all over you, i suppose thats a good thing... poor little tyke.
Is it more fun now at work?