So yesterday I said I hope you would sleep well (like I do everyday). Did you? Not really but it was also quite funny. You were up a couple of times needing dummy before 3am (I think(!) can’t be sure as I was clearly not paying that much attention as really wanted to go back to sleep myself) but then you were actually up between 5am and 6am! You were literally just wide awake. I gave you some water thinking you wanted a drink and would settle back to sleep quickly. Nope. You sat up for a bit, you rolled a little bit but mostly you were babbling to yourself! After a while I just left you to it in the cot and I went back to lie in my ‘bed’ (i.e. the day bed in your room). I couldn’t turn on the monitor to see what you were up to as didn’t want the light to distract so I just lied there hopefully you will settle back to sleep which you eventually did!
That of course doesn’t answer the question ‘Who throws tantrums now?’ Well well well Mr! The story went like this: You kept throwing food at lunch so daddy decided to try to train it out of you at snack time. After we sang happy birthday to your granddad (his birthday is coming up) and while we were eating the birthday, we gave you a soft biscotti biscuit and 3 sweetcorn wheels as snacks so you don’t feel like you were missing out. What did you do Mr? You threw each and every piece of them. You literally just swung your right arm by default and chucked them! So what did daddy do? He took you out of high chair as if your snack time was over to see what happens. Crying began.
After a couple of minutes, daddy gave you another chance. We moved you back to the high chair and offered you the food again (yep I picked them up while you cried). What did you do? Aside from one taster (put in mouth before taking back out to throw), you basically threw everything again. Sharp and fast. So daddy removed you from high char again. Tantrum level then increased (haha I managed to capture this on video). I think by then you were very angry with daddy so much so you wouldn’t go to him even when he was next to you offering to pick you up. You came to me instead perhaps hoping for some help! 🤭Daddy and I then agreed that we will give you another chance at the high chair and mummy will play the bad cop this time if need me (but I was hoping you would have learnt by then!) Sadly you did it again, although I must note you did put them into your mouth a few more times before throwing them so maybe that’s an improvement, so I had to take you out again. You properly kicked off then.
After a few more minutes we decided to give you one last chance. This time we broke the food into smaller pieces for you. Sadly you proceeded to throw them again. As it was getting a bit late and we thought you needed a nap, daddy gave you some milk and put you to nap. After your 30 mins nap, he gave you the snacks in high chair again and you finally ate them! Now did you throw them because you were sleepy and tired?
Reflecting on today, mummy had a pretty nice day. I appreciated it more because it was actually quite ordinary but still nice. Your daddy put his arm around me this morning and gave me a thumb up with a cheeky smile after our argument last night, did food shopping with your auntie, cooked lunch, did a bit of work, celebrated your granddad’s upcoming birthday with a cake, cooked dinner and of course still managing to see you every now and then. Having said that, I did think maybe I didn’t look at you enough today. It is weird how I can miss you even though you were in the same house as me even when I was genuinely occupied by other tasks. Only you have that impact on me baby. Love you loads. Now please stop throwing food!