I have doted on him for 3 years now...my sweet little "can't do anything wrong in my eyes" little boy. I had 2 girls before he came along and I just couldn't get enough of the little guy!...
So now he is 3 1/2 and I just had another baby girl and want to know, where did my sweet boy go??? He is driving me crazy!!! He is aggravating the older girls all the time, having "accidents"...I like to call them "on purposes". He hates for me to be on the phone or computer or nursing the baby or doing anything but giving him all my attention. I know, I know, it is my fault for spoiling him with all my attention before...I couldn't help it though. He is just irresistible to me! I love how he always acts like a tough guy all day long and then wants his mommy to "give me 5 kissies and 5 huggies" or he can't go to sleep.
Two days ago he was misbehaving and I was getting fed up so I said, "You better straighten up little boy or you will be going to time out." To which he replied under his breath, "We'll see about dat...". I barely heard him and was so surprised that I started laughing and said, "What did you just say???" And he repeated it again louder but this time instead of scowling he was grinning from ear to ear.
At first I thought this was just a stage he was going through because of the new baby...thinking surely it will pass soon. Now I am realizing that this attitude is not going away on its own! So, I have decided I must take action. I consider myself a pretty good and tough disciplinarian with my kids and really they are great kids and obedient most of the time. So, today I started being more consistent with Neil about times outs (which he hates...that's good). I also realized that I need to spend more one on one time with him because he is actually needing that attention from me since I have been giving so much to the baby. Today we went outside and played on the playground then played basketball...all while Savannah was attached to me in her sling! Then later when Savannah was asleep we played "wrestling". He LOVES to play fight and I think its pretty fun myself. We did that for a while and it was so funny. He kept kissing his biceps and acting like he was going to rip my head off...but it's funny because he's not nearly as rough with me as he is with Rick when he wrestles him. By the way, he won the wrestling match. And guess what...he has been an angel all evening. I guess he just needs a little time each day alone with his mommy.
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So cute! I understand that Mommy-little boy connection. I LOVE my little man (though I worry about the same kind of stuff when our new little addition joins us in October). Feel free to check out our blog if you want... laskherd.blogspot.com. We are going private soon so I'll email you the invite when we pull the trigger.
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