Mean Girl!

I have had problems with Paige for a while. Before she learned to talk she was so frustrated and she took it out on everyone....but usually people smaller than her which unfortunately was pretty much limited to babies. Her motive of operation was generally pushing...you see, there would be kids just minding their own business and at any second she would walk up and just push them down. I am pretty sure I was classified as one of "those" moms and I am sure people dreaded being around us. There was one day I remember being "kicked out" of the gym....I was working out when the lady came and got me and said..."Paige pushed a little girl down and scratched a baby and when the teacher tried to put her in time out she kicked the teacher" YES that really did happen...and what could I say...it's not like I "let" her do these kind of things...truth of the matter was I had no idea what to do about it. She was still to little to really understand what she was doing at the time so there was no reasoning with her. So she pretty much just stayed in trouble and I tried to hide out as much as possible trying to watch and prevent "incidents" before they happened. When she finally started to talk she seemed MUCH happier and a little less mean. I really thought we were making some sort of progress. After all we haven't been kicked out of the gym in a while....they still let us come to playdates and the child care workers at the church have not said too many terribly bad things about her. Well today after service I was gathering up my things when her teacher came over and explained to me that she had scratched another little girl on the face today hard enough to draw blood. As a parent with a mean girl you never really know what to say in situations like this because you truly are sorry but sorry doesn't make the little girls cheek better. Paige starts preschool in three weeks and I am praying that she does good and that being around other kids on a more regular basis will prove to be beneficial for her and hopefully this is just a stage. I don't want to be one of "those" moms and I certainly don't want my "sweet little baby" to be a mean girl.