First it was the battle over changing his pull-up before nursing; then over helping make pancakes (he declared the dry ingredients he was stirring “mine,” screaming); what to have for lunch; what to have for snacks; not going onto every porch of every house we passed; and a dozen other little things.
BUT the schedule, for [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Art Day, with Tantrums
Posted in Parenting, The Snapper on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Success, so far.
Posted in Parenting on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had a nice day today. We started with Circle Time, which the Snapper just LOVED, then had a snack and free play. He chose to color the majority of the time. Then we had our “music lesson,” which consisted of banging on all the pots, pans, and lids in the kitchen to Bob Marley. [...]
Parenting Revamp
Posted in Parenting, The Snapper on April 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The last ten months of life with the Snapper have been extremely trying. Last June, just as we were being hit by the flood, he hit 18 months, or rather 18 months hit us. He began tantruming hard, daily, hitting and biting, and being oppositional to most transitions and parental directions. That summer I spent [...]
