We had the best weekend we've had in a while. The weather was finally beautiful and the toddler screaming sessions were, thankfully, minimal. Let me tell you, my mama heart needed a weekend like this. Colin is two and a half years old and he acts it. Most days his forms of communication are screams and demands. There's only so much of that I can take! To have two entire days where he was calm and back to the happy, sweet boy I know was AH-MAZING.
I never want to forget...
Playing in the fountain at Menard's while waiting for daddy.
Incessant giggles at lunch.
Family soccer games.
Three hour naps.
Random sayings of "love you, buddy mama."
Building a Lego tower that was taller than daddy and then knocking it over.
The entire weekend just gave me hope. The last few months have been very tough on me as a parent. Colin wants nothing to do with his dad. He wants me to do everything for him and if I don't or if Mark tries to help him, it sets him off into a major tantrum. He has screamed in my face, smacked me, kicked me. It's tough to keep calm in those types of situations. I hate being the mom who yells back but sometimes, I don't know what else to do.
The best parenting advice I was ever given was "Think of every stage as a season. It will soon pass." This saying has helped me tremendously recently. This past weekend felt like the first warm spring day after a bitter cold winter. It gave me something to look forward to. It gave me a sense that all of the tantrums and scream sessions will soon be behind us.
And I can't frickin' wait!
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