I think yesterday was one of the most trying days, thus far, that I have had as a momma. Farmer baby woke up at 6:30 in the morning, and I remember thinking to myself, "Only 5 1/2 hours until he takes a nap, and, therefore, I can take a nap too." I know that sounds horrible, but I didn't have a good night's sleep to begin with. It's getting harder and harder to sleep at night and at around 2:30 AM, I woke up not feeling so well. I threw up several times, and at one point, it was so bad that I had to actually take a shower to clean myself up before hopping back into bed. So, I was just starting the day tired.
Around 7:30 A.M. the tantrums began. Now, normally he will throw himself on the ground, I walk away, and he stops like 30 seconds later, and all is well in Pierce land again. NOT today! Oh my goodness, they were happening about every 5 minutes it seemed. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him and nothing seemed to satisfy him. Finally, after about two hours, I was like we are going to get out of the house. I took him upstairs so I could get ready and get him dressed. He was perfectly fine until I had to blow dry my hair. He started crying and I picked him sat him up on the bed and let him play with my phone. Since I still had to finish my hair I needed to take him off the bed, since it is higher up. Well, that did not make him happy. He threw the most royal of all tantrums. As I started to set him on the floor, he began withering around, slipped from my grasp, and hit his head on the floor. Well, that just sent him into a further tizzy. I walked away and the entire time I was blow-drying my hair he was rolling all over the floor screaming. He finally settled down.
I finally make it downstairs with him, where he commences to throw a tantrum on the kitchen floor. I'm just shaking my head at this point, grabbed my cell phone, and decided to video record this latest tantrum. He settled down a little bit when he saw that I was recording him, of course, but was still throwing a small fit. I thought this would be a GREAT video to send to my hubby to show him how my day was going thus far. Yeah, I never heard back. =) He was probably thinking, "I"m glad I am at work." I finally get him settled down with some applesauce and milk.
Headed to Child's Play......he does fine for the first 10 minutes, when he decides to scream and cry. He stops after about 30 seconds. About 45 minutes later he hits the floor royally because I moved one of those things you can ride on down a slide. Seriously, kid?!?!?!?! I was not dealing with it, so I picked him up and on home we go. We get home, I put him down for a nap and he is out within 5 minutes. The sound of peace and quiet fill the air. I'm thinking, "maybe this is what this kid needed. Maybe he was just tired still." Let's hope for a better afternoon when he gets up.
He sleeps for almost 3 1/2 hours and everything seems to be going well. He has a few spurts of crying, but 15 seconds later he is well again. I let him run around outside for a little bit, and before I know it, he has walked into the pool with his I-phone. There it is, lying at the bottom of the pool and I'm saying to myself, "NO! NO! NO!" This cannot be happening. That I-phone is our savior at times because it has all of his programs on it. Well, that's what I get for using the restroom and forgetting to lock the backdoor.
Finally, my hubby arrives home and I'm feeling some sort of relief come over me. He loves his daddy and he just wants to be held by him, be around him, play with him, etc... I figured the "new" face will do him some good. And, thank goodness for my hubby. He gave him a bath, read to him, played with him, and fed him dinner while I made his dinner. He seemed to have a better last two hours before going to bed. Oh, did I mention that I fell down the stairs earlier while carrying him?? Yeah, six months pregnant, carrying a 21 month old, and stairs just don't mix. I thought I was going to have a mental breakdown at that point. But, like all other moms out there, I survived! On to today............he's at class, so I get some rest. =)
Ciao!
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