And now, the annoying things
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sierciaThe biggest one has GOT to be the whining/crying/tantruming for something after I've already said yes but siad object or activity hasn't happened yet.
Yesterday, Widget discovered that her balloon had popped, and thus it was now trash. Minor moment of crisis when I told her she had to throw it away. We said goodbye to the balloon and threw it out. She had the saddest look on her face, but without much whining or anything, she said "Want another balloon." Considering how well she had taken it, I told her that I would ask her Daddy to bring a new one home with him when he came home from work. Crisis averted.
Until naptime. Whn she broke, because she, like most two year olds, hates naptime. But somehow naptime became all about wanting another balloon. All the way up the stairs, through the diaper change, during the pre-nap cuddles, and once she was in her crib and I had walked away. "WANT ANOTHER BALLOON! WANT ANOTHER BALLOON! WANT ANOTHER BALLOON!" By the time I had walked downstairs, I was ready to decree a lifelong ban on the presence of ANY balloon in my house for ANY reason. grrrrrrrr.
She does this pretty frequently, since she doesn't really understand time or patience or anything besides right here, right now (she's getting it, slowly, especially if I can lay out the progression of activities between now and then - say "okay, we're going to get in the car, and drive home, and go inside, and THEN I'll make you a peaanut-jelly" THAT, she gets). And it's so frustrating. I've already SAID yes, so I don't feel like I can back on that, but she's bahavig in a manner that would NOT get her whatever it is she's crying for, if I hadn't already said yes, and it makes me madder than anything, at least in the past six months. So, then, I'm combatting my mad too, which just mkes me want to be mean and deny whatever is being asked for because now she's pissed me off. Who knew motherhood woul be this complicated?
The other annoying thing is that she's developed a completely irrational fear of truck beeps and sirens. Irrational because she's only afraid of them when we're IN OUR HOUSE. The quietest, I-can-barely-hear-it beep or siren sends her screaming like her head is on fire to whereever I am and she requires hugs and cuddles and calming down for a good 5-10 minutes before she's okay again. (She also this terrified of the ice cream man.) This has been minorly annoying for about a month. Last week and this? there's been construction or something a couple of streets over from us, with backing up noises, oh, say, every 5 minutes. Yeah, that's been a real treat. I think we might have finally made it a little better yesterday when Imagy and I taught her to laugh and say "Silly truck" when she heard it. She still looks nervous, but there's less hair-on-fire screaming, thank goodness.
Yesterday, Widget discovered that her balloon had popped, and thus it was now trash. Minor moment of crisis when I told her she had to throw it away. We said goodbye to the balloon and threw it out. She had the saddest look on her face, but without much whining or anything, she said "Want another balloon." Considering how well she had taken it, I told her that I would ask her Daddy to bring a new one home with him when he came home from work. Crisis averted.
Until naptime. Whn she broke, because she, like most two year olds, hates naptime. But somehow naptime became all about wanting another balloon. All the way up the stairs, through the diaper change, during the pre-nap cuddles, and once she was in her crib and I had walked away. "WANT ANOTHER BALLOON! WANT ANOTHER BALLOON! WANT ANOTHER BALLOON!" By the time I had walked downstairs, I was ready to decree a lifelong ban on the presence of ANY balloon in my house for ANY reason. grrrrrrrr.
She does this pretty frequently, since she doesn't really understand time or patience or anything besides right here, right now (she's getting it, slowly, especially if I can lay out the progression of activities between now and then - say "okay, we're going to get in the car, and drive home, and go inside, and THEN I'll make you a peaanut-jelly" THAT, she gets). And it's so frustrating. I've already SAID yes, so I don't feel like I can back on that, but she's bahavig in a manner that would NOT get her whatever it is she's crying for, if I hadn't already said yes, and it makes me madder than anything, at least in the past six months. So, then, I'm combatting my mad too, which just mkes me want to be mean and deny whatever is being asked for because now she's pissed me off. Who knew motherhood woul be this complicated?
The other annoying thing is that she's developed a completely irrational fear of truck beeps and sirens. Irrational because she's only afraid of them when we're IN OUR HOUSE. The quietest, I-can-barely-hear-it beep or siren sends her screaming like her head is on fire to whereever I am and she requires hugs and cuddles and calming down for a good 5-10 minutes before she's okay again. (She also this terrified of the ice cream man.) This has been minorly annoying for about a month. Last week and this? there's been construction or something a couple of streets over from us, with backing up noises, oh, say, every 5 minutes. Yeah, that's been a real treat. I think we might have finally made it a little better yesterday when Imagy and I taught her to laugh and say "Silly truck" when she heard it. She still looks nervous, but there's less hair-on-fire screaming, thank goodness.
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Date: 2003-07-22 09:59 am (UTC)i have had some luck by telling him that he is getting X in a bit, and if he keeps asking, he won't be!
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Date: 2003-07-23 09:24 am (UTC)Last week was oodles of fun, with the in-laws who didn't get the concept of not telling her something until it was already about to happen. Grrrrr.
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Date: 2003-07-22 11:35 am (UTC)Strange the little fears they have........
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Date: 2003-07-23 09:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-07-22 12:03 pm (UTC)I totally can related to the wanting to be mean mommy 'cause they're irritating you too.
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Date: 2003-07-23 09:39 am (UTC)Luckily for Widget, so far, even I, the most irrational pissed off person I know, have managed to not make any stupid mean mommy moves when she makes me mad. But oooooooh, it's SO tempting.
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Date: 2003-07-22 12:19 pm (UTC)Sad thing is, I knew kids in that class who didn't have a much more advanced understanding of time. :P
I'm suddenly reminded of being in Jr high, babysitting my younger siblings, and my brother demanding to know when Mom and Dad will be home. He started when they left and stopped when they got home. Not fun.
Fortunately, TV made the whole "Are we there yet" stick so cliché, we they only did it in jest, and even then only for a few seconds at a time.
Heh
Date: 2003-07-23 09:42 am (UTC)