N: *Bam bam bam* (The sound a Tonka truck makes when being pounded into a window by a 13.5 month old boy)
E to N: "No N. We don't bang trucks into the window. Here, drive the truck on the floor instead." picks up toddler, puts him on the fancy-schmancy rug with roads all over it for car-driving purposes
N: Stands up, looks pointedly at both parents pointedly, toddles to the window, raises his arm, raises an eyebrow.
*Bam bam bam*
A to N: Takes truck away and sets it on the floor. Picks up toddler and sets him in front of truck "No buddy. Trucks are for driving on the floor. See how much fun Daddy is having driving that truck?"
N: Rolls out bottom lip, tears welling in eyes
E to N: "See N? This is so fun!"
N: Begins hysterics. (Seriously. You'd think we'd have taken his lifeblood or something. He was crying so hard I thought he might throw up.)
E to A: "Well, if he cries so hard he passes out, at least we know he'll keep breathing."
N, noticing truck: "Bah bah!" Picks up truck and runs it on the floor as if nothing had happened.
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Someone tell me this is not necessarily a sign of things to come with the "Terrible Twos". Is this a preview? Is he testing us? Should I write all these stories down as ammunition for when he's almost 30 and has a baby of his own to deal with so no one forgets this happened?
1 comment:
Dear Amanda,
Yes, your sweet baby boy will begin pressing your buttons so to speak. It's hard to believe that the precious bundle we brought home from the hospital is capable of such things, but indeed it happens to us all. I know you and Erich will love and discipline sweet Nathan and make it through to the other side so that when he's 30 he is a fabulous person.
Love, Sarah ;-))
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