- throw temper tantrums that involve banging their heads on any hard surface in sight
- have major separation anxiety
- don't feel the need to sleep anymore
- constantly fight with each other
I love my boys dearly, and there are a lot of fun things about this age. But quite frankly, it's really hard! I've been really anxious about the winter months approaching. For a while there, after we dropped our morning nap, we were leaving the house every morning: walks, trips to the park, play dates, going to the zoo, etc. We kept pretty busy. The days when we didn't get out of the house were the ones when we saw an increase in behavior problems. I'm honestly dreading this winter when we're going to be stuck in the house for days at a time. It's going to be rough. It's already rough...
But just when I think I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE, these boys do things to remind me how lucky I am to be their mom.
Perfect example:
This morning Nolan woke up around 6:30. He's been waking up several times in the middle of the night lately, and so 6:30 comes early these days. The other boys don't typically wake up until closer to 7:30 or even 8:00. This morning, I just wasn't ready to be up, so I went and got him and brought him back to bed with me. He started fussing and squirming around, so I started to sing to him ("Wagon Wheel", of course). He instantly closed his eyes and snuggled into me and fell asleep. Life was good. Mama was able to fall asleep too! We both lay together until almost 8:00 when I woke up and saw that he was still sleeping. He looked so sweet and innocent laying next to me and I just couldn't take my eyes off of him. After a while, he stretched out and opened his eyes. When he saw me, he instantly smiled the most sweet and genuine smile I've ever seen. It made my heart melt. Then immediately after that sweet smile, he leaned in and gave me a kiss. These are the moments that I need to try to remember when it's 5:00 in the morning and I'm up with a baby who hasn't slept since 1:00.
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