People, I know we're not completely through but I'm feeling like I'm coming out on the other side. Things are starting to get better.
Before you get worried thinking this is some heavy topic (or excited thinking I'm going to share something deep) let me tell you I'm talking about our 2 1/2 year trial called Eden.
This child is something else.
I tell people that if you take all the horrible things your 2 year olds did and put it all together, you get Eden. She has gone through every horrible stage of a 2 year old. I ran into an old friend and she commented on my Christmas card and said "is Eden really that much trouble?". Oh honey, yes, yes, and YES! Here are just a few of the stages she has gone through--
makeup infatuation (still going on but mostly now limited to "lips" as she calls chapstick and any lipstuff). This led to makeup being colored all over my bathroom and numerous other things. I still have to be careful because I may walk into my bathroom to find her putting on mascara.
climbing onto the counter and getting into the cupboards- again, it's getting better. She will still sometimes climb on the counter to pour her own drink (another infatuation) but . . .better.
tantrums-getting better. You still may show up at my house and hear her screaming outside. (I put her out on the deck for the neighbors to listen to and not me) but it's less often.
Dog food and dog water-now that she's a little older she can get Zoe food and water and there's less of a mess.
Toilets-oh, toilets. In one week we lost 5 toothbrushes in the toilet. The next week, we had to replace our toilet only to find a little play cookie lodged in one of the kinks.
coloring on things-walls, floors, books, herself, the table, and on , and on, and on.
the fridge-ketchup is a favorite and easy to squeeze into the mouth.
nudity-she still likes changing frequently but usually asks now and, big step, keeps her underwear on. whew!
sneaking candy
hiding-oh, this was a bad one. Eden is a really good hider. And very quiet. I could search over the house for 10 minutes and still not find her. Telling her if she didn't come out in 10 seconds or she would be in a timeout didn't work. That doesn't really motivate her to come out, now does it?
Spitting/hitting- we are still in the throes of this but I'll take it when compared to some of the other stuff.
Well, this is just a start.
So, who's up to the challenge? What did your 2 year olds do and let's see if Eden did it too.
6 comments:
Has she found the scissors and cut her hair???? Climbed to the top of the piano? Got stitches?
hair, we won't even talk about all the bald spots she has. She LOVES cutting. Top of the piano- she did that before she was one! No stitches yet but that's only because her cut was really deep and not wide. She has a nice scar on her forehead b/c of it. It bled on/off for 2 days but they said it didn't need stitches.
let's see
1. empty dad's entire sock drawer into the bathroom toilet
2. take the hinges off his brother's door so he could go in and 'feed' (kill) the fist
3. take the bolt out of the woodstove door so he could play with his cars in the stove
4. melt numerous hotwheels and fisher price little people in the oven
5. rewire a broken fan so it ran but threw sparks like crazy (at 3 not 2)
6. put bobby pins and paper clips in various outlets (after he removed the outlet covers) that was before 2
I don't know how you do it! It reminds me of the quote "A child is a curly dimpled lunatic." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some of mine have already been mentioned. Keys in outlets -- twice, fingernail polish all over the carpet, 2 beads in her ear that took the dr's 2 1/2 hours to get out, broken arm, cutting her hair -- twice (and the neighbor's hair once), stealing things from stores, I'm sure I'll think of more. The funniest part is that I consider her to be my easy child!
um, yeah, all of the above (did you read my blog 2006-2008?). she just turned six and she is coming out of it (knock on wood). i try not to get too excited, but the tantrums and mischief have almost disappeared (or maybe they've just consolidated into monthly meltdowns, i'm not sure). but it's not a contest, is it? i'ts a hardship and sometimes even a heartache. looking back, i want to give myself a hug because it really was so hard. yes, we laugh about it all now and we adore our girl, but don't let anybody belittle the soul-crushing, energy-sucking challenge of raising a spirited child. you're in my prayers!
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