Wild mood swings
May. 16th, 2005 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twilight33Whoever came up with the 'terrible twos' was on crack.
As Kieran stands on the threshold of three years, we're beginning to wonder if we're going to survive the melodrama that seems to accompany this time. This morning's major meltdowns were a torn construction paper butterfly (made over a year ago) at 6:30 & dumping an entire bottle of bubble solution on my little lithodora in the backyard at 11:30. I'm amazed none of the neighbors called CPS by how much Kieran was wailing & carrying on outside.. or maybe my husband will get a knock on the door this afternoon, who knows.
Both situations were relatively easy to fix (I traced a new butterfly from the remains and put it on the old one's stick to 'fly' again & partially refilled the bubble bottle with a stern warning to not throw it again) but re-establishing emotional equilibrium took substantially longer. I'm hopeful my lithodora will be ok and know that somehow we'll make it through all this.. but ugh.
As Kieran stands on the threshold of three years, we're beginning to wonder if we're going to survive the melodrama that seems to accompany this time. This morning's major meltdowns were a torn construction paper butterfly (made over a year ago) at 6:30 & dumping an entire bottle of bubble solution on my little lithodora in the backyard at 11:30. I'm amazed none of the neighbors called CPS by how much Kieran was wailing & carrying on outside.. or maybe my husband will get a knock on the door this afternoon, who knows.
Both situations were relatively easy to fix (I traced a new butterfly from the remains and put it on the old one's stick to 'fly' again & partially refilled the bubble bottle with a stern warning to not throw it again) but re-establishing emotional equilibrium took substantially longer. I'm hopeful my lithodora will be ok and know that somehow we'll make it through all this.. but ugh.
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Date: 2005-05-16 10:07 pm (UTC)When Galen was between 30 & 36 months old, I was making bets with myself on a daily basis about who was going to crack first, Jenifer, her mother Connie, (who did and still does live with them,) or myself.
The only thing that made it possible for me to survive that time with as much sanity as I have left was to make a point of taking a nap with him every night, with him asleep on my chest.
That way, no matter what he was able to get himself into, (and there seemed to be absolutely no end to the ingenious ways he came up with to cause a mess or break the unbreakable,) I just stopped, put my hand to my chest, and remembered the peaceful weight of him asleep.
awwww
Date: 2005-05-17 12:14 am (UTC)Hey, I could have written that!
Date: 2005-05-16 10:14 pm (UTC)Did I forget to mention how last night, as I was attempting to take my final quiz for Photoshop class and Steve was downstairs getting a massage, he kept SCREAMING at me from the master bedroom? Or how I finally finished, only to find him sitting in a huge pile what appeared to be sawdust, from the box of soapmaking supplies???
I'm sure the day will come when we'll both develop spontaneous amnesia about this time in our sons' lives... in the meantime, God made liquor for a reason!
Re: Hey, I could have written that!
Date: 2005-05-17 12:16 am (UTC)Thanks to journals and scrapbooking Kieran won't be able to get away with anything from us forgetting, unlike my own mom :)
OH, the things I've missed!
Date: 2005-05-16 11:09 pm (UTC)Re: OH, the things I've missed!
Date: 2005-05-17 12:11 am (UTC)Re: OH, the things I've missed!
Date: 2005-05-17 06:26 pm (UTC)1. He's loved and cared for in each and every way by both his parents and doesn't have to compete for our affection or attentions
2. We will be able to put something away for his college education
3. We are still able to have somewhat of a marriage, owing to the fact that his needs are met, which can only benefit him
Happy birthday, by the way!!! I'll have to update my LJ to reflect how mine went yesterday...
Re: OH, the things I've missed!
Date: 2005-05-17 09:23 pm (UTC)A direct look & 'Well, I'm a 4th generation only child.' usually shuts them up pretty fast ;)