Mar 27 2008
I have a 2 year-old…
Currently, he drives me nuts. More specifically, he makes me want to scream every time we try to run what should be a simple errand and he has a complete breakdown over something small such as paying for the puppy cookies *before* we eat them.
I love him, I really do. And I know this phase will pass. I know this as a mother of an already-been-two 5 year-old. I know this as a social worker who has worked with the most challenging of all little kids, the ones who get asked to leave their preschools (they really do…can you believe it?) because their behavior at preschool is really that bad.
I know he’s just asserting his independence, his desire to have control over something and anything in his life. I know that we’ve taught him that often he can make his own choices - and I know that in the long run, that’s important. I just wish his choice wasn’t to scream for ten minutes straight in store, waking Maggie in the process.