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From: Sara
Date: 19 Aug 2007
Time: 23:40:03 -0500
Remote Name: 69.107.94.139
It just happened about 1.5 weeks ago! The terrible twos just popped out of nowhere. Everything for Astrid is 'NO' with passion, and the temper tantrums and the independence, and the 'mine'. She is coming into her own and it is challenging, to say the least. Astrid has turned into 'Asturd' overnight. She cries and screams and slaps and kicks ... she seems so frustrated!! I have been reading about this stage and from what I have read from the experts, I'm not alone. Those kids that you see misbehaving (before you have had children) are all going through the same thing. It has been a very difficult week; Eric's dad passed away August 5th. Eric went back to Florida and Astrid and I stayed back for a few days so that we could prepare. I had to fly with her solo and it was more than one person could bear. She was so bad that I had a mental breakdown on the plane. I wanted to take a parachute and escape. She had a major meltdown inside the plane and while it was happening she starting kicking the passenger sitting in our row and took Miss Passenger’s hip in her hand and pinched her. It was so embarrassing!! I didn't know what to do. Thank god for the people that have 'been there and done that'. They totally understood my pain and her pain and instead of scolding me for being a terrible mom with a spoiled brat of a child, they empathized and told me, 'she wasn't that bad'. I literally melted down inside the plane and cried and stayed numb for the last 1.5 hours of the flight. It was the most uncomfortable and hideous thing that I have ever done in my life. I will never travel with her again … at least until she is 5 years old. Grandma (Meme) Greenwood really enjoyed having Astrid for the week that we were in Florida. I think that it was good for her to have her there. For me, it was a reminder of the circle of life. Astrid is Eric’s baby, and Eric is Bob’s baby and so there is a portion of Bob that will be with us forever. It is a continuous cycle and it feels good for me to think like this. I wish that Grandpa Greenwood would have been around longer so that Astrid would have gotten to know him more, but she will know him from the stories that we share with her. He loved his ‘Grand Baby’ so much. He will be missed.