Showing posts with label temper tantrums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label temper tantrums. Show all posts

Saturday, February 20, 2010

You know you have a toddler when...

Well, Marley is now movin' on towards the Terrible Two's. She'll be two on June 25, so we aren't quite there yet, but I know we are starting to get close. Get this - the other day, she wanted some water and was pointing at the fridge, saying her word for water: "wa-coo". Great! So I grab a cup and start putting water in it, but wait! I've done something to make Marley mad. She starts whining and fussing, but silly me, I keep adding water to the cup. At this point, I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong - maybe the wrong cup or maybe she wanted to do it herself, who knows - but I fill the cup and squat down to give it to her. She takes one more look at the evil cup, and just loses it! She starts flapping her arms and really crying, then she turns away from me and starts running - right into the kitchen cabinet door! BAM! She hits the cabinet door, full on face first with her arms open wide (because remember, they were flapping with anger) and totally gives herself a bloody lip. I think she smashed it between her teeth and the cabinet door. Ouch! I felt bad for her, but I also wonder if that maybe she clued in a little?!? I doubt it... But so this little incident gave me some insight as to what the future holds, and it sure is scary... I am not sure how to handle those public incidents that are bound to happen with an angry toddler! It looks like she may have gotten her mother's temper... Uh oh! Any advice??