More 'Reasons Mabel Is Crying,' to plagiarize the idea of the Tumblr I referenced a couple entries ago:
- She was walking. (yes, that's all, and walking is something she does all day)
- She wasn't allowed to eat an old orange rind.
- She wasn't allowed to drop the iPad on the floor.
- We wouldn't let her eat a dandelion.
- I was dressing her.
- I didn't allow her to eat baby wipes WHILE I was dressing her.
- I didn't allow her to go down a slide backwards.
- We left day care.
- I didn't allow her to eat my car key.
- She had to sit down at a restaurant.
Now that I have read this Tumblr (plugging it again-- it's so good-- see my post "Plagiarizing" for the link), I am starting to hate Mabel's bratty cry a little less. You know, that fake cry that they use when they're pissed. Yesterday while she wailed because I was dressing her while she wanted to play with books, I told her, "You're right. Your life is tough. Yesterday we had a Vietnam vet at the school talking about atrocities he saw in wartime, but you're absolutely correct that having your PJs put on is worse." She wasn't amused.
Weirdly, the little tantrums are a developmental milestone. I just read that little factoid yesterday. It just seems so frickin' paradoxical to put "milestone" in the same sentence with anything relevant to your blood boiling in annoyance. What I am finding is that if I laugh about the absurdity of the motivation for the cry, I cope with it better. This guy started a perfect Tumblr for parental therapy.
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