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batteal

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Sep 08, 2006 12:40

Jake threw his first full-fledged tantrum today, at almost 16 months. I'm not going to try to make this into some cutesy amusing anecdote that would interest non-parents; I'm sure it won't. This is mostly for me ( Read more... )

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livingdeadpan September 9 2006, 00:44:41 UTC

The first signs of OCD? ;)

batteal September 15 2006, 18:12:43 UTC

I know you want kids yourself at some point, so I'll let you in on this: they're all OCD.

nausicaa1 September 9 2006, 02:44:57 UTC

Sadly, that sounds about right. 16 months, doing death defying things, and freaking out when not allowed to do them. It's like they short circuit and need the nap as a re-boot, then they are right as rain. You're still traumatized by the whole idea that your beloved baby has just turned into this willful, intractable, horrid thing that you could totally see yourself smacking in an asile at walmart if you had just a smidgen less self-control, but they have no memory of badness at all ( ... )

batteal September 17 2006, 01:00:59 UTC

I still can't fathom the logistics of managing triplets as very young kidlets and babies. My one kid can occasionally run me ragged just all by himself. Sometimes I watch mine and his buddy Nolan together for a day or a few hours, and then boy am I tired of kids. I can't process the idea of three little ones (plus another, even). System...overload. You must have had a lot of help, in addition to being a total Supermom?!

devilsoatmeal September 9 2006, 02:58:15 UTC

I was the same way, except in our front yard, it was crabapples instead of sticks. I couldn't tell you how my mom handled it, though. Probably by putting me to naptime, and then a joint.

stile99 September 9 2006, 03:54:36 UTC

I'll bet you totally looked forward to naptime.

beckthefaerie September 14 2006, 03:18:37 UTC

Well, I'm not a parent, and I still thought your anecdote was cute (yet not cutesy). But maybe I'm biased.

As for the sticks, how about a quiver that he can strap over his shoulder? Or just put them in that backpack he has? Then once you get home with them, save them for kindling for Walter's firepit.

batteal September 15 2006, 18:14:24 UTC

Lol, a quiver - fantastic! He'd totally use it, too. He loves to drop stuff just over his shoulder, as though into an imaginary backpack - or quiver.

beckthefaerie September 16 2006, 21:54:55 UTC

Maybe that would actually work, then. Of course, you would get to be the mom with the goofy kid carrying a quiver, and then people would look at you like, "wtf is up with your kid and the quiver and the sticks ?!" But other moms would probably immediately understand that it's just one of those things about having kids.