The other evening my husband and I looked at each other and said, " Did she just say that?" in response to my almost two and half year old saying, "Mommy where is my horsey? Is he is my room?" clear as day. Irelyn has been speaking in sentences for the past month or more, and it blows us away all the time. Our little baby girl is communicating with us?! Then we both looked at each other like, "Oh no....". I think that is my experience to date with a two year old....a whole bunch of oh wow! to Ahhh!. It is absolutely amazing and saddening to watch our baby grow up and be able to hold a conversation finally with us both. However, on the flip side she now has an opinion about everything....literally. We want what we want, and right away. The time out step has been getting a lot of mileage along with carpet under her chair at the kitchen table (since the rug underneath is covered always with dried food from "doing it ourselves").
As I always know, with the good comes the bad. If your a parent of a toddler, just wave goodbye to sanity because I believe it is gone for awhile.
Meals we once liked, we no longer want to eat.
Clothes that we once wore we want to take off.
Cribs that we slept in become a jungle gym.
No is your number 1 word 24-7.
I was shopping the other day with my daughter and she was in the stroller playing with a toy in the store, and I was causally (to the normal pers0n it would be rushing) going through the store looking. This is a concept I have approached at many stores and I would like to apologize in advance to every retail store my daughter and I visit. Whatever can keep her content and happy, she can hold and play with till we are about to leave, and then it hits the shelf again. However we all know that process never goes flawless, so I bring something to swap it out for (usually a snack). Then yesterday I found myself in a crazy shopping situation in Old Navy, where a huge 12-5pm sale was beginning, and I decided to embark on it since I was already at the store. The line wrapped along to the back of the store made me almost throw the sweaters and leave. I decided to stay with Irelyn and wait in line. An angel appeared in front of us, ( I think it was a woman with no kids) who offered to hold my place so I could walk her around and keep her entertained. To everyone who does that for mothers, god bless you. When I reappeared back in line she said to me, " Wow your daughter behaves so well! She really is a good listener" and I laughed. It was a nice moment as opposed to all the awful screaming and kicking shopping experience.
At the risk of sounding all negative, it is amazing to watch how fast they grow up. It is like every day there is something new and a new memory. I wouldn't trade these experiences for the world.
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