Madeline has mostly been her normal, fun self this week, but she's shown us flashes of the other side. And it's not a pretty place.For months now, when something is not to her liking, she would let us know with fussing and a little squirming. But this week she threw down her very first temper tantrum - a full-blown, writhing-on-the-floor screamfest. It happened when Lacey took Madeline away from the computer keyboard she had been happily playing with. Madeline dissolved into a heap of wailing despair and none of the normal distraction techniques seemed to work. But Lacey handled it well and in a few minutes the storm had passed.
I guess we can expect more of this in the coming months (and years). Madeline wants to investigate everything but doesn't have a good way of communicating with us, except through pointing and making noise. And pointing is too subtle for some situations.
The pictures here, however, were taken during happier times. Madeline and I were playing peek-a-boo around the ottoman in her room (below) when mommy walked in and elicited the response pictured above. Madeline couldn't have been happier at that moment.
2 comments:
I hate to break it to you, but Noah had one of those fits today -and he is 6!!!!
My response is to repeat to myself "I will remain calm because I AM THE ADULT." Sometimes easier said than done.
At least she knows what she wants and is not afraid to say it - or scream it. Another fun milestone of parenthood.
DeeDee
I wish I'd been a fly on the wall. Sweet Madeline and her first tantrum ...... multiply that by three and you will understand why Nana is the way she is today :)
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