This is a new phrase of yours that adequately sums up where you are in your development. You are testing your will against ours with increasing force and ingenius new displays of willfullness and dismay.
The dog's water bowl is just one of your tests now. You beeline for the diaper cabinet every time it is unlocked, like a dog on a scent, merrily flinging clean diapers right and left. When we move the channel changers, you splat down onto your bottom and immediately start screaming. When we carry you upstairs, you kick, scream, and beat your little fists, determined to climb the dangerous staircase all by yourself. When I turn on the stove, you are determined to try to be my little helper and cling to my heels while I navigate the many perils of the kitchen. And yet, as your explore the world, determined to touch every object, study every face.. you are so beautiful and adorable. You stick your tongue in the corner of your mouth in firce determination and I smile watching your feet fly up and down and your poor knees crawl away to try to run to another wild idea.
Aunt Jean and Uncle Fred Kahan sent us a great book about development that describes this period of childhood as a critical stage in your development. It is the last time that your primary caregiver's input will have such a dramatic effect on your developing personality. It says you spend a great deal of your day staring, studying the faces and actions, the causes and effects of the world. You are walking by yourself for short periods and your world is one of a set routine by your caregivers (me and dad and Gma Diane) versus an
increasing willfullness and curiosity.
You go from happy baby to screaming banshee, flinging your cup just after we praise you for "putting it on its bottom". This is to show, I think, that even though you like our praise for a task done well, you still want to show you can do as you please. It is hard to be consistent when you are naughty- you are so cute! Your dad and I are holding fast though. You increasingly take mini vacations to the time out crib. You are only in time out for one minute, a minute where our whole house seems to be filled with your wailing. Oh little one, be patient. The world is so big.. filled with frustration. May God be with our family as we try to give you the discipline, the patience and love so that you grow up to be a healthy, happy toddler and not a spoiled child.
The dog's water bowl is just one of your tests now. You beeline for the diaper cabinet every time it is unlocked, like a dog on a scent, merrily flinging clean diapers right and left. When we move the channel changers, you splat down onto your bottom and immediately start screaming. When we carry you upstairs, you kick, scream, and beat your little fists, determined to climb the dangerous staircase all by yourself. When I turn on the stove, you are determined to try to be my little helper and cling to my heels while I navigate the many perils of the kitchen. And yet, as your explore the world, determined to touch every object, study every face.. you are so beautiful and adorable. You stick your tongue in the corner of your mouth in firce determination and I smile watching your feet fly up and down and your poor knees crawl away to try to run to another wild idea.
Aunt Jean and Uncle Fred Kahan sent us a great book about development that describes this period of childhood as a critical stage in your development. It is the last time that your primary caregiver's input will have such a dramatic effect on your developing personality. It says you spend a great deal of your day staring, studying the faces and actions, the causes and effects of the world. You are walking by yourself for short periods and your world is one of a set routine by your caregivers (me and dad and Gma Diane) versus an
increasing willfullness and curiosity.
You go from happy baby to screaming banshee, flinging your cup just after we praise you for "putting it on its bottom". This is to show, I think, that even though you like our praise for a task done well, you still want to show you can do as you please. It is hard to be consistent when you are naughty- you are so cute! Your dad and I are holding fast though. You increasingly take mini vacations to the time out crib. You are only in time out for one minute, a minute where our whole house seems to be filled with your wailing. Oh little one, be patient. The world is so big.. filled with frustration. May God be with our family as we try to give you the discipline, the patience and love so that you grow up to be a healthy, happy toddler and not a spoiled child.
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