We are once again approaching the "Terrible Two's" and I will admit that I am terrified already! I know that parents of multiple kids suffer from a unique type of amnesia, where we just don't remember things being very difficult with the first child...and I am no exception...I don't think Ava was nearly as naughty as Molly has been lately! People try to remind me that Ava was kicked out of several daycare situations, but I am convinced now that it wasn't because she was bad, I honestly believe she was suffering from a broken heart! Every time she was asked not to return it was because she would just scream and cry all day long, no one could comfort her! But now there's Molly...although she has never been kicked out of anywhere, she has been really testing her limits with me and her care givers at the daycare.
I guess the moment when I really started to worry that this might be the terrible twos sneaking up on us was yesterday at the store. We were Christmas shoping at one of those places that EVERYONE goes to, so they had a path chained off so all of us shoppers could see where we were supposed to stand in line. The line was long, so we were probably waiting for five minutes before we even got to the beginning of the chain. Molly was glad for something new to mess with, but when I politely asked her to stop swinging the chain, she glared at me and pushed the chain SO hard that one by one the plastic poles that were holding it up toppled over! I could have died! In fact, I must have had an "out of body experience" because I don't know how I got from seeing that menacing glare to seeing Molly sprawled out on the floor yelling like a mad woman. As I struggled to pick her up without dropping the gifts, I could feel all of the sympathetic looks from others in the line. I was grateful that there was a kind gentleman there to pick up all of the chain/posts! Please pray for Molly that she would learn how to express her feelings in a more appropriate and constructive manner!
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