Birdie Flips a Switch

So, we took Birdie to the doctor on Oct. 13 and she had a double ear infection. We stayed home with her the next two days because she was running a fever and throwing up. Right around the time when she went back to school, when the penicillin had really started to kick in, it was like she flipped a switch. The "spunk" really started coming out. She is always so laid back and anything goes, but suddenly she has "found her voice". Because of her increased talking, it makes me wonder how long her ears were messed up and if that impacted her talking, hearing, activity. Anyway, I'm glad she's better now, and it's interesting to see a bit of feisty coming out in her. Yesterday at the daycare, her teacher said that she was being a little more aggressive than she had been. When I asked what she had been doing specifically, she said that as some of the other kids are cruising by her (while she sits on the floor as the only non-walker in the room), she will pull them down on the floor. I asked her teacher if she listens when they talk to her, she said that she definitely knows when she's done something wrong and typically stops misbehavior when they tell her to. Jimmy said she was a baby bully:). It's interesting that some parts of personality are there from birth and others evolve over a lifetime.