Brie and her Terrible Two Moments
As they say, parenting comes with its ups and downs.
And when you have a two-year-old in the house, well … chances are, you’ll be faced with quite a bit of ‘downs’.
Melt downs, I mean.
You see, Brie is now 2.5 years old.
And so yep, we’ve seen quite a bit of those melt-downs these past few weeks.
Over simple things that she used to be alright with.
And sometimes, I don’t even know what she’s crying about.
Say, we’re about to get into the car, then suddenly ‘HWAAAAAA’, she’d cry and half-scream so loudly!
When asked what she wanted, she said (amidst her loud cries) she wanted to sit on my laps, which of course was fine with me.
I’d then tell her, ‘Okay sure, come to me, you just need to tell me what you want. You don’t need to cry, okay?’
She still cried and cried *my ears started to hurt*
And so I asked her to tell me what she wanted, and apparently she wanted her backpack to be near her legs, and not placed at the back.
(Note: She used to be alright with all these)
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In terms of ‘variations’, she’d cry standing up, squatting down, on the bed, on the floor, face down on the sofa. You name them.
And at times, instead of crying, she’d frown, grunt and even … once or twice, give you a push or a slap on the arm.
Yep, MY ARM or her siblings’ (and we don’t even do that to her)
And, every now and then (not too often though, thank God!), she could be doing this cry-stop-cry-stop-cry for so many times that I’ve lost count of them. So much so that her voice becomes hoarse.
Fan-tas-tic.
Thank God, she’s not tantrum-y every single hour of the day!
Thank goodness, we are not totally surprised anymore by all this, with her being no. 3 in the family!
I mean, I know FOR SURE that it’s a PHASE.
And it WILL be over (before it starts again a year later? Haha *bitter laugh*)
(But seriously, I do hope it’s over sooner than later, because addressing her tantrums, teaching her the right and wrong, controlling of my own mind – and sanity – all those do drain one’s mind and emotions)
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Anyway.
Having said that though, thank God, she’s not tantrum-y every single hour of the day!
PHEW.
Our baby Brie still has her many cute and adorable moments which I love and treasure.
And if you ask me, I do prefer to remember the ups in the parenting than only focusing on the downs.
*cue to scroll up and give the top photo a second look =)*
So there you go. The bittersweet moments of parenting.
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Anyone going through something similar these days?
