Naps During the Day

It's 9:31 PM and my two year old is still wide awake. Both of his sisters are sleeping and he is busy playing with his toys. Typically he doesn't take a nap during the day but today he decided to fall asleep by my computer. He was throwing a tantrum this afternoon and I decided to ignore him instead of giving in to his demands. He was so mad that he laid down next to me while I was finishing my last drawing. He fell asleep and I decided to let him sleep since he was up at 2:00 AM in the morning and he was tossing and turning all night long. He slept for about 3 hours and finally I decided to wake him up because I knew that he was going to be up late. What was I thinking? I know that he is tired now because he is trying to get me to carry him like a baby and put him to sleep. He will be 3 years old in November, come on. He is mad now and he is getting his little blanket and pillow and laying next to me while I blog about it. I am still trying to learn his little quirks and his schedule. Hopefully when the girls start school we can go back to our normal schedule. I have to learn that if he wants to take a nap that he only takes one hour naps or else I will pay for it at night when I want to sit down and blog. Until next time, God Bless and take care.

Clingy 2 year old

Well he is at it again. He is starting his new phase. The clingy stage. He wants to be held like he is a little baby but wants to be treated as a big boy. AHHHHH!!!!! I can't believe that little ones go through so many stages. He is really a funny boy but when he gets in his mood he gets in his moods. I am wondering what is going on his mind. He seems to want to do a lot on his own but at the same time he is afraid to let go. At first it freaked me out because I thought he was sensing something might happen to me but until I started searching in twittermoms and apparently it's another phase that 2 year old boys go through. I wish somebody should of told me that then I probably wouldn't be so sensitive about it.

Pain

Well another adventurous day with the boy. Why is it that boys need to beat up on everything? Why do they need to get into everything? I am trying to understand their mentality and it's mind boggling to me. Again my boy has tried to beat up his sisters with a metal object. Thank God that no blood was drawn from the blow to his older sister's head. People see him and say "Oh isn't he such a darling?", which in my mind I tell myself if you only knew him. He seems to think that no rules apply to him and that the whole world evolves around him. Wow what courage. When he is sleeping he looks like a darling little angel with his smile but once he is awake he is the terror of the house. Even after I took the metal object from him and sent him to his room he decides to walk out and go to the girls' room to go play. I turn my back for about 1 minute and he is out and about like nothing is wrong. He sees me coming towards him and he runs to his room. So I decided to stand outside his room where he couldn't see me and sure enough 15 seconds later he is walking out of his room and heading towards his sisters' room. He sees me standing there and he runs back into his room and lays down on his little bed and covers his face to fake it like he is sleeping. He did this about 3 times. After the third time, I got tired of it and I sent him to go see his Dad. He is not listening again he doesn't care for the rules or punishment. The girls were not like that to my recollection. Anyways, tired of venting out about it. Hopefully I will be able to tame the boy. If not, help me God.

January 13, 2009

Wow, what a day? First of all, let me tell you how hard raising a two year old boy is. There are days that I wonder how I make it through the day without going crazy. This morning, my son decided to throw a tantrum because I put him in the baby car seat. He seems to think that he is old and tall enough to sit on a booster seat. I was putting him in there and he started yelling and crying like I was hitting him. He refused to get in and started hitting me. I of course did not want to make a scene so after 5 minutes of struggling I got him in his car seat. After that ordeal, I knew today was not going to be a good day between me and him. Sometime in the afternoon, when their dad had left for a meeting, my son decided to go downstairs and turn on the stove without turning on the stove. I didn't notice anything until I walked downstairs and the entire downstairs smelled like gas. I ran to the kitchen and the stove knob was turned. There was water everywhere. Of course, what was I thinking of cleaning my room and leaving him with his sisters downstairs. After I cleaned up that messed and opened up the sliding glass door and the windows, I asked the girls what happen and they told me exactly what happen. That's another story for me to discuss at another time. I punished him and sent him to his room. He finally fell asleep for his nap. After his nap he woke up and decided to play with my dental floss and run around the house. This time the girls caught him but it was too late, the dental floss was now a big ball of dental floss. UGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Why, why would he want to do that? I know they are kids and they want to explore but why? He has done it before and he has been sent to his room. I don't know if it's just boys or what but I don't remember the girls being this difficult. He finds it a joke and runs around the house thinking it's funny. Not funny to me nor his dad. What are we going to do? I tell myself that he is just a boy and he is going through a phase. After all is said and done, I love the fact that he is such a happy baby and that he is a confidant little boy. Every night I just pray to God that he gives me strength and patience to endure his small tests. Well tomorrow is another story and another adventure with him. Remember the advice from the twittermoms. Consistency and choose my battles. The war to continue. . .