Week 3 Day 2

Jacob came out of the nap room acting differently than he normally does.  He didn't wave hi to me and ate very little snack.  After snack, normally he helps me put his shoes and pants on, but I had to do everything for him.  Later I noticed he kept putting his fingers in his mouth, and all the toys he was playing with.  I realized that his teeth were growing in.  We gave him a teether and he started chewing on it, but his mother came to pick him up and said no.  I think she though it was for comfort reasons like a security blanket which she did not want him to get attached to, but really we were just trying to sooth his gums.  I think this is a perfect example of the difference in the way we see the medical model.  In American group care we relieve the symptom, while the parent wants the child mind to be sound with no attachments to objects.