Laiden can be the absolute light of our lives...And the absolute death of our ears. He has been fairly sick the last 6-7 weeks. Three double ear infections, two stomach viruses, one eye infection and teething to top it all off! Needless to say, as the very loving and concerned parents that we are, we let him get away with well…pretty much everything. He was being held til he fell asleep, some nights he got to lie with us in bed, and in general got A LOT of mommy and daddy time. Oh and we can't forget, he got a lot more bottle!
Now we are paying for it. Our mild mannered child has been replaced with what often feels like spawn of evil. He has the most outrageous temper, and he is not afraid to use it. He seems to have left the pain behind and is on to just being generally pissed. If we don't give him his every wish and whim we are bestoyed with blood curdling screams…We are over it. Last night we wouldn't pick him up when he screamed from his crib because he wanted us, and when he throws one of his lovely tantrums we don't acknowledge him. He is beginning to get it. The most difficult part is getting him to eat solids again. The only thing he wants to eat besides a bottle is Mommy and Daddy's crackers. Our new favorite trick of his is when he is in our laps and we are about to take a bite of a cracker, he snatches it out of our hands and puts it in his mouth. And he's fast. Little stinker!
But I must add, as much as we are venting at the moment, we do love our son. Just not his new temper! Though he isn't too bad…Only about a half hour of screaming at bedtime before he goes to sleep!
So for Christmas, how about some Aleve and ear plugs?
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