We are getting really close to the terrible two's. I can tell the difference! Where is my sweet little baby that was so quiet and observant? I could take him anywhere and he was an angel (mostly). Now, I pray before we leave the house, and ask God to give me patience and Ben manners. The worst is when something doesn't go exactly the way he wants it to and BAM he throws his head back and lip out and he hits the floor. Any floor. Hot pavement, grocery store, middle of the road while we are walking from a parking lot, my absolute favorite one is when my hands are full and I am trying to get him upstairs to our apartment... and he lays inside the doorstep and screams because he wants me to carry him up the stairs. Good thing we don't like the lady downstairs anyways...lol She's a whole different blog. Ben has an uncanny knack for slamming his head into steps, toys, concrete, you name something painful- he's probably hit his head on it during a fit. But it is usually in public and there is some bitchy lady looking at me as if I pushed him to the ground and hit him in the head myself! How do you ignore a fit so that the child doesn't tantrum for attention, if the child bangs his head on his way down into a fit, and there are people watching??? Ok, at home I can tell by his reaction if he needs tended to. However, how do I (even if I know he is fine and just throwing more of a fit) ignore him in public when others are judging my every move? I don't really care what they think about my parenting, I just don't want anyone to think I am abusing him and call DCFS or the police- or however that works.
Ben isn't always a terror. lol Most of the time he is loving and helpful and smiling. But when he is good, he is very, very good..... and when he is bad he is horrid.
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