My Sweet Little Boy
Mommy's Little Monster
Leon,
You have so many moments of complete adorableness, and sometimes you have moments of utter defiance and frustration. Today you came down the hall holding your little baby doll and gently placed it in your stroller. You also put your favorite kitty stuffed animal in the stroller with the baby and said "Night night baby." You slowly rocked the stroller back and forth while singing a made up lullabye to your baby. This moment melted my heart and made me smile. You were practicing being a big brother! I love your sweet little moments like this.
Fast forward about two hours and your sweet attitude has become a sour one. Fighting nap time happens on occasion, but today's instance was beyond refusing to sleep. I don't know how it started, but before I knew it you were in a full blown temper tantrum. You were screaming, crying, hitting and inconsolable. Finally I had to put you in timeout to allow you time to calm down until you were ready to say sorry. We sat down and talked about how what you were doing was naughty and made Mommy sad, then I said you need to be a good boy and be nice because that would make Mommy happy. You seemed to understand this because you said sorry and gave me a big hug. I know right now you are learning and testing limits. Temper tantrums happen, but soon you return to being a sweet little boy. I guess this is why they call this time of your life the "terrible twos", but I wouldn't call it terrible. Challenging, yes, but terrible, no. Even in moments of frustrations I love you and I am so blessed to be your Mommy. I love you Leon!
~Love, your Mama
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