A quick follow up to last week's post. Unfortunately, the behavior fix for Taisei was only temporary. The smiley faces don't mean as much to him when there isn't a tangible goal in sight, such as going out to see a movie. This weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, he had his first and second temper tantrums ever. It was a sight to behold. Full on screaming, balling, writhing and kicking on the floor. The first one was something about Dad's supposed behavior that he didn't like. We have no idea what that was about. The second one was about wanting to have everyone eat breakfast in front of the TV. We had a very limited time because I had to leave for meetings, and everything had already been set up in the kitchen. So we said no and he went totally bonkers, especially when we started eating without him. After the first tantrum, we thought maybe it had something to do with lack of sleep. But then the next morning, when he's normally in a good mood, he had another one. It's extremely disheartening, especially when you think you're making progress. Hopefully this is a short phase and not the start of a bad stretch. As parents, we're trying to unravel the mystery of where this sudden spat of bad behavior is coming from.
As for Mirei, she's getting to be more and more of a handful herself. She's crawling faster and constantly on the move. We used to be able to put her in the crib when she was very tired and she would go to sleep eventually. Last week when my aunt and uncle visited from Chicago, we spent the day out in the town and Mirei missed her naps. Ever since that day, she has never been the same. It's a struggle to get her to her crib. One bit of good news is that I was able to get her to sleep without Wami's help - a big first. I knew she was extremely tired. I'm not sure if I could substitute for Wami during the regular bedtime routine.
Anyway, not a happy post for us, but not everything about parenting is roses, eh?
3 comments:
that was only his first and 2nd tantrum EVER? Wow, I think you guys are doing pretty well! Maybe he was a late-tantrum bloomer. Adele had what we called "melt downs": she would throw a tantrum about the silliest things for an hour at a time, with nothing to do be done about it - this was about age 2.5. Our pediatrician said "she'll grow out of it when she's 4." I thought "That's a LONG time!" However, once she hit 4, she was done! So perhaps it's just that phase of life for a kid that he hit, and he will eventually grow out of it. My sister in law said "their brains turn off." It's true. No talking, logic, or anything gets thru once those kind of melt downs happen! Good luck! Even though Adele's mostly done with them, we are starting to see them in Samuel!
Yeah, meltdown is a good word for it. It lasted about an hour in each case for us as well. Luckily, we've been tantrum free for two days now. Knock on wood.
Ugh, not fun. Good luck! Nice to hear from Am that it can just shut off after a while. Maybe he has a much shorter window of tantrums and he'll be done shortly ... or maybe he's learning from Mirei, hahah.
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