you be? She is also incredibly independent. She must do everything
"all by myself!" If you attempt to help her then you cause a major
meltdown. And those meltdowns are rapidly becoming infamous in my
household. Even my other two children will tell their father or each
other "don't help her, she'll only scream!" My older two children are
even perfecting the eye roll whenever these meltdowns occur.
She is so independent she is potty training herself. This one has been
a bit difficult to understand because I sat for hours on the side of
the tub with my older two children reading stories. With my third you
are generally not allowed to cross the threshold into the bathroom
with her. You are also not allowed to help her in any way. No helping
with her pants, her pull up or diaper, no helping her onto the toilet.
Also, she has decided that she no longer needs to use the stool to
reach the toilet. Being the shortest of my children this is incredibly
fun to watch, but she climbs up just fine. Did I mention that she is
also incredibly stubborn?
The sunny side to all of this is when she says things like "I lub you
Mommy! I lub you berry much!" Or when she does something that hurts me
and she says "I sowwy. I kiss it?" These are the melting moments. They
are what probably what get me through the meltdowns.
Raising children is never easy and I truly believe that we are all
only given what we can deal with. Sometimes it may seem like a bit
much but other times it seems so easy. In the end you have to find the
balance of parenting. This can be tricky, especially if you have more
than one child. I know that there are days I put myself in a 'Mommy
timeout'. My children are not perfect, I am not perfect. And some
days being a mom can be incredibly difficult. Those are the days that
I live for the "I lub you Mommy" moments and I embrace them with all
the two year old love they come with.
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