We get daily report cards from school on how Ian does each day. On Tuesday, we got one that had a comment:
He’s having trouble keeping his hands to himself around Hailey
I asked Ian about it on Tuesday and got an unintelligible response back with a “Hay-wee” and shy giggle at the end. I have no idea what he said….
I emailed his teacher on Wednesday to ask what had happened so that I could talk to him about it.
This was her response:
Good morning!
Ian kept wanting to hug Hailey while we were lining up after gym. I also noticed him standing very close to her (she put her hands out to move him away) while they were at the puzzle table. He’s being nice, but our rule is hands to self at school. Plus, I could tell that he was upsetting Hailey by what he was doing.
It sounds to me like Ian’s got a little bit of a crush on Hailey!!!
We’ve talked a bit since then about him needing to ask Hailey if he could hug her before he does so….but its hard to explain to him that he can’t hug her. He just likes her. You know?
According to Rachel’s conversation with his teacher at pickup today, apparently Ian was able to keep his hands to himself. 🙂