Stace's Thoughts on Parenting
Pretty much, you can't do anything right.
Knowing that Henry thinks pine cones are interesting, while on a walk I presented a nice, big one to him and without even touching it, he simply shook his head and said, "uh uh".
Today after swinging endlessly in his swing in the backyard, I tried to take him out and he started to scream. So "we" swung a little more and I dislodged a frustrated child from the swing.
Going inside after spending sufficient time outside was also not in his plan.
Kev and I question where our son learned to throw his sippie cup when he is no longer using it. I mean, we hardly ever throw our dishes when we are done eating - who does this? I've informed Henry that that simply isn't done - here, or anywhere, in fact - and he can get the heck over it, and wait until he is on the floor to drink from his sippie cup again because that's where the sippie cup is.
Kev tells Henry that he can have more food when he has eaten what is in his mouth. Now, I don't know that Kev has ever suggested to Henry that he will get more when his mouth is empty, but Henry has figured that if necessary (and it so often is) he will simply expel what is currently in his mouth in order to get whatever new food is waiting.
Forget feeding him. He can do it himself, thank you very much. He turns his head, hollers, shakes his head from side to side saying, "uh uh". But, sometimes while doing that he will open his mouth for a bite.
He has, God forbid, 2 play cell phones (MUCH to my chagrin. I have learned that trying to keep him away from this sort of thing is a bigger challenge than I am up to.), but he much prefers picking up the battery pack attached to the cord of my laptop and yabbering into it, then holding it up to his ear.
On the flip side:
He listens, comes when I call (almost always), is super easy to redirect, and can get things when I ask him to do so. He brushes his teeth (2), and loves doing so. I don't understand him when he talks back and almost always, it sounds so cute. He trundles around carrying a blankie, a teddy bear, or gets towels out of the clean linen drawer and acts like he is scrubbing the floor. (It's all endearing to me, not just the latter part...) He goes to the front window when a parent is leaving and watches them leave.
Basically, I want him to stay like this forever, but with a full set of teeth.
Knowing that Henry thinks pine cones are interesting, while on a walk I presented a nice, big one to him and without even touching it, he simply shook his head and said, "uh uh".
Today after swinging endlessly in his swing in the backyard, I tried to take him out and he started to scream. So "we" swung a little more and I dislodged a frustrated child from the swing.
Going inside after spending sufficient time outside was also not in his plan.
Kev and I question where our son learned to throw his sippie cup when he is no longer using it. I mean, we hardly ever throw our dishes when we are done eating - who does this? I've informed Henry that that simply isn't done - here, or anywhere, in fact - and he can get the heck over it, and wait until he is on the floor to drink from his sippie cup again because that's where the sippie cup is.
Kev tells Henry that he can have more food when he has eaten what is in his mouth. Now, I don't know that Kev has ever suggested to Henry that he will get more when his mouth is empty, but Henry has figured that if necessary (and it so often is) he will simply expel what is currently in his mouth in order to get whatever new food is waiting.
Forget feeding him. He can do it himself, thank you very much. He turns his head, hollers, shakes his head from side to side saying, "uh uh". But, sometimes while doing that he will open his mouth for a bite.
He has, God forbid, 2 play cell phones (MUCH to my chagrin. I have learned that trying to keep him away from this sort of thing is a bigger challenge than I am up to.), but he much prefers picking up the battery pack attached to the cord of my laptop and yabbering into it, then holding it up to his ear.
On the flip side:
He listens, comes when I call (almost always), is super easy to redirect, and can get things when I ask him to do so. He brushes his teeth (2), and loves doing so. I don't understand him when he talks back and almost always, it sounds so cute. He trundles around carrying a blankie, a teddy bear, or gets towels out of the clean linen drawer and acts like he is scrubbing the floor. (It's all endearing to me, not just the latter part...) He goes to the front window when a parent is leaving and watches them leave.
Basically, I want him to stay like this forever, but with a full set of teeth.
posted by Kevin and Stace @ 9:51 PM
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