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Things Toddlers Don’t Understand
Toddlers

Things Toddlers Don’t Understand

by Jill March 26, 2015
written by Jill

1. Why do the bananas break? WHY?!

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2. How to sit on mom’s lap and yet also play with a toy on the other side of the room. At the same time. Why isn’t this possible? It should be possible!

3. How to be sick. Why is my head spinny and what is this coming out of my nose? It is making it very hard to climb onto the table. I should run faster and then throw some toys. And then maybe I’ll scream at mom because she should be fixing this. WHY DO I WANT TO LAY DOWN RIGHT NOW, MAKE IT STOP.

A photo posted by Jill Krause (@babyrabies) on Mar 25, 2015 at 1:47pm PDT

  4. No? No this? No don’t do this? This? I don’t understand. You don’t want me to do this?? No?  

A photo posted by Jill Krause (@babyrabies) on Mar 25, 2015 at 9:25pm PDT

 

5. The concept of size and age because why am I not big enough to play swords with the other kids?

 

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6. How coordination and aim work. 

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7. Anything in moderation.

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8. Why mom can’t contort her Gumby arms while driving down the highway to get the toy I just threw on the floor board for the 4th time. Why is this even an issue? She must be lazy or deaf and either way needs to be screamed at.

9. Gentle.

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10. Share?

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11. Why mom doesn’t want to hold me all the time. I am so soft and cuddly, am I not? PICK ME UP! Dammit.

A video posted by Jill Krause (@babyrabies) on Mar 4, 2015 at 2:06pm PST

12. Gravity.

A photo posted by Jill Krause (@babyrabies) on Dec 4, 2014 at 4:06pm PST

March 26, 2015 5 comments
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The StoryToddlers

Toddleritis

by Jill July 3, 2012
written by Jill

Leyna wakes early from her nap. Again.

Screaming.

I go in to soothe her and try to put her back down. She throws her pacifier at my face and grunts. Points down to the floor.

“DOWN!” she demands.

We battle. I rock, she rolls… right off of my lap and onto the floor. I try to pick her up. She, of course, turns to jelly. Classic toddler self defense.

She yanks on the handle of her door. “Wa!” she yells.

I give in and take her to get some water.

She spits the water out all over herself and blows raspberries. “NO,” she insists.

“What’s wrong with her?” asks Scott. I shrug.

“Does she have a fever? Runny poop?” He’s concerned.

“No. Her last fever was 3 days ago. I mean, her last diaper wasn’t pretty, but it doesn’t seem like her tummy’s upset. Just like she ate a lot of fruit,” I say.

“Is it teeth? It’s got to be teeth,” he reasons.

“Ehh… maybe. I stuck my finger in there to try to feel for some, but she was pretty vicious. I didn’t want her to bite me,” I reply while giving Leyna the side eye.

She’s now whining, pulling on my shorts. “Maaaaa, mamamamamama! Ehhhhh!” I pick her up. She throws herself backwards, sits back up and pounds on my chest.

“Leyna, you don’t HIT mommy,” I say as calmly as possible while pulling her hands down.

EPIC SAD FACE

She’s crying, inconsolable now.

Until she sees a cracker.

“She’s hungry!” Scott exclaims, like he’s just discovered the meaning of life.

I make her a plate of crackers and cheese with a few sliced grapes while balancing her on my hip. I sit her at the table, present the plate with an enthusiastic, “MMMMMmmmm! Snacks!”

She throws it to the ground. “Up!” she yells, holding her hands up to me.

This scene plays out, over and over, for the rest of the day. Scott and I take turns trying to come up with excuses, reasons, illnesses.

“I don’t think there’s anything really wrong with her,” I finally admit out loud, “other than her just being a toddler.”

“They don’t have a medicine for that,” Scott chimes in, defeated.

“Nope. But we would be the FIRST in line for the toddlerhood vaccination if they did.”

Leyna is 18 months old and has an extreme case of Toddleritis

July 3, 2012 32 comments
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The StoryToddlers

The Post So Many Have Been Waiting For

by Jill August 15, 2011
written by Jill

An update on the terrorist…

Listen, I really hate to even type this out FOR FEAR I JINX IT.

But, for you all, I will because I owe it to you.

And because I can’t have you all thinking my kid is perpetually terrible.

I’m not saying he’s fully reformed, but I think I shall now classify him as a “happy boy with mild terroristic tendencies” (even though they can be acute at times.) <<<I typed that in a very quiet whisper.

I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what caused the change. I’d like to tell you all it’s because I was a terrific counter, and I controlled my temper, and I modeled perfect behavior. I wasn’t, I didn’t, I don’t.

I think the change in him comes from a lot of things:

From me, it was an effort on my part to cut him some slack, recognizing that he can sense my frustration and trying to eliminate unnecessarily frustrating situations (which is incredibly hard when I’m writing on a deadline and he’s home from school for summer vacation), and working REALLY HARD at rewarding his positive behavior.

From him, and this is the big one, I think it was just time and growth. The kid has grown up this summer. He has actual conversations with us. Ones that involve sentences like, “Sometimes I get really mad when I can’t play golf in the house.” Ones that we can then, in turn, explain, “I’m sorry that makes you mad, but sometimes it’s not okay to play golf in the house. We’ll have to find more time to play it outdoors when it cools off.” And it’s almost like he gets it.

But I think the biggest thing that’s lead to this change is giving him acceptable outlets to let off steam. He played t-ball this summer, and he plays Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort every. single. day. I do not feel one fraction of an ounce of guilt over that. It was 100+ for 41 days in a row here. That Wii has been a sanity-saver this summer. (It was given to me, I have to disclose that I’m a Nintendo Ambassador, but I genuinely love that thing for this very reason.)

And yes, most of the time we let him play golf in the house.

Kendall is 3 years 3.5 months and Leyna is 7.5 months old.

August 15, 2011 20 comments
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