I really hope I spelled that right or I will be really embarrassed.
Something terrible has happened to Marcus. I should clarify--the terrible two's have happened to Marcus . . . with a vengeance.
Today we were running some errands together and I stopped by a sister's house to see how she was doing. I got Marcus out of the car and we knocked on her door, but nobody answered. Okay, let's go home, right? Well, apparently Marcus had other ideas because I spent the next ten minutes trying to get a screaming toddler who can somehow arch himself into a C-shape by throwing his head back--into a carseat. Not easy and not fun. I thought someone was going to come out and see what I was doing to this screaming child. I seriously considered the idea of just leaving him unbuckled and hurrying home. I did not actually do that but I DID consider it. That is how awful it was. Now, maybe some of you more seasoned mothers are thinking this whole carseat thing really wasn't that big a deal, but I remind you that it was my FIRST carseat thing and therefore quite traumatic.
His nap that afternoon was no better.
Yesterday, he had a fit when I took something he wasn't supposed to be playing with away from him. He has lots of fits now when things don't go his way. I'm not pretending he hasn't had fits before, he may look like an angel sent from heaven, but he has his moments--just not one after another after another after another like now.
Ann (my mother-in-law) said that this is just the beginning of the terrible two's. She said she thinks that there is something in them that just emerges at this time in their little lives. When I told Tim what she said, he said, "But he's not two yet." Somehow, I don't think that really matters.
7 comments:
Ann: Thanks! I'm really looking forward to this weekend :)
Alecia: How did Kimberlie's carseat check go? Are you getting excited for your new nephew?! It's only a few weeks (maybe days) now.
Katie, sorry about the new stage Marcus is going through. Will has started it too. It stinks. Isn't it nice to know that your kid isn't the only one to be awful sometimes?
For Savannah it started around 16 or 17 months. We read the 'happiest toddler on the block' looking for some ideas for tantrums and it helped some. It only talks about tantrums though, I think. Good luck!
Thanks, Jen. I'll have to check out that book!
Hear ya, sister. Sometimes, when it's really bad I look at his newborn pictures and wonder where my sweet little thing has run off too. It seems to come in waves--he'll be sweet and cheery for a week and then crazy meltdown boy for a few days. Also, the carseat-back-arch-scream-in-mom's-ears? A regular at our house.
So...since we are going to be related by the end of the year I figured I had better start checking this blog regularly and posting comments! I hope it's OK, but I linked the Richey Family up to my blog, Holdaway Home. P.S. I love the pic of Gary and Kelly and also the video clip of Marcus. You are going to have to tell me how you did that?! I'm still getting my feet wet with this whole blogger business. Take care!
Katie, age doesn't matter, and the terrible twos are misnamed. It's really the "terrible 18-months-ish to 3 1/2 ish's" if that made any sense. So buckle up and keep the funny (although not at the time) stories coming. It's nice to know that other people have the same problems and it's not just that i'm a horrible mother.
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