I just have to shake my head with this boy. I am pretty sure the second he turned 18 months, he became twice as hard. Not always bad, just hard! I put a lot of pressure on myself and he reminds me everyday that he is his own, little, precious, active, joyful self. I don't say much negative about my boy, but have recently discovered one of his greatest weaknesses is sitting still. He is at such an awkward stage to take him anywhere. He is just old enough to want to run around and explore, and not quite old enough to understand that he can't just go anywhere he wants, whenever he wants.
What Balen has been up to:
- growing molars, hurting, whining, and not sleeping
- producing gallons of snot to go along with his swollen gums
- played outside with puppy Luke, successfully
- attended local livestock show, somewhat successfully
- attempted county livestock show, extremely UNsuccessful
- kept Mom on her toes trying to keep my comfortable and entertained with hurting gums, successfully
- experimented with various forms of discipline, slightly successful
- Mom turned 28, successfully
All of this said, the camera has NOT been out the past few weeks. Just hard to fit it in! I decided after all of the frustration with an unhappy boy, I just needed to get a few silly pictures to remind me how much fun I have with him everyday. There is no other place in the world I would rather be than right here, in this house, with him. Snot and all! I will say, he is also getting very difficult to catch on camera. He wants to come up and see himself. You have to be sneaky. I can't believe he is turning into a little boy. I LOVE his little white under shirts he wears like Daddy. They absolutely melt my heart and make all the teething pains go away!
Annie, the 18 month age and up io 3 or so is such a challenging stage! I think the hardest. Well, besides being up all night with a newborn hard =)
ReplyDeleteYou realize your kids aren't these sweet, perfect, easy to handle, angelic little babies. They are their OWN person and will do anything and everything to test boundaries because that's what their supposed to do at this stage. Hang in there! The disciplining is hard because you feel like all you do is say "No!" and "Get down from that!" But it's good and a book that helped JT and I is called, "Boundaries For Kids". It's a Christian book and is very good! All us moms need to remember to smile...even on the most difficult days.