The Terrible Two's. Right! Three's are much harder. But Sam decided to drop a bombshell the week after he turned 4.
He has been more aggressive than his brother, but I think that is for obvious reason. Ethen actually has someone to wrestle with now. But Sam decided to take things to extreme. He hits and kicks, most of the time for no reason.
During Sacrament Meeting, in the middle of the Sacrament, he decided that he wanted to use Ethen's notebook. I took out some pages from the notebook to appease both boys, but this wasn't what Sam wanted. He started his fit.
I gave him a few seconds and then grabbed him in order to calm him down. He started kicking and hitting me. So much so, that I stood up and dragged him out of the chapel. I had to pin his legs so that he didn't kick poor Sister Cannon in the pew in front of us. Of course as soon as he realized he was going out, he screamed. Loud.
Now our ward isn't a quiet ward. There are A LOT of kids in there, but holy cow, he vibrated the walls as I was walking out with him.
I confined him in my arms until we were at the back of the building (all the while, kicking my belly of course, which is a tender area lately).
As soon as I put him down to try and talk to him, he bolted. Running down the other side of the building, he just about made it back into the chapel before I caught him. Prego in a dress and high-heeled boots, running down the hall after the tornado child.
Then we went outside, because he started to scream again.
Thus began the 30 minute confinement period. I sat on the grass and pinned him to my lap while he screamed and kicked and tired to hit me. Then the scratching began. He got me a few times, but the blood wasn't drawn until later on the in the day.
He is crying, I am crying and trying not to loose it and...well you get the idea.
Unfortunately it happened again later that night. Twice. Bryon was gone most of the day so it was not a good Sunday.
The same thing happened again last night and got really close a couple of times today.
After some pondering, I have realized that two stars need to be aligned for this devil to emerge.
First, he has to be hungry. Weird
And Second, he has to be tired.
I am starting to think that maybe he is hypo-glycemic or something. What else could cause such a personality change in the blink of an eye?
Oh the things 'they' don't tell you about parenthood.
5 years ago
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I was curious as to who was screaming during Sacrament Meeting; when I saw you come back in with Sam later in the meeting I figured it was you. I don't think the Bishop should mind if Bryon comes down to take Sam out on days like that...threatening to call Dad is the quickest way to get Sean to obey in our house.
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