Monday, January 5, 2009

Temper, Temper, Temper



So the tantrums have begun! Not sure where he gets this temper (Dave??? Dave will blame Froggie I'm sure!) but it's really starting to show it's ugly head on a regular basis....about 10 times a day! If you close a door before he gets there, this happens. If Sophie steals the cardboard tube he's playing with, this happens. Pretty much anything will set it off! Obviously, right now, I think it's funny. I just walk away and hopefully that will not reinforce it.

On Saturday, the second front tooth broke through. That makes four whole teeth! In the last two weeks we've had to deal with two teeth and a cold...which he gave to me, but we're both over now! We're also working on learning to use a spoon. I tried to give him the spoon this morning and he thought I was crazy, but at dinner he seemed to get the idea and think it was loads of fun. He was a major mess, but starting to get the idea!

On the house front, it's been on the market for a week. We've had one couple come through and one couple come to the door. We're hoping it picks up a bit here and someone loves it and buys it for full price...too much to ask? We are continuing to look for a house to move into WHEN someone buys ours. We're narrowing in on what we like. Let's just hope we get it!

On Sunday Connor and I are going to Florida to stay with Rosie and Dennis for a week. Poor Dave has to stay home with the dogs and try not to mess up the house!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have you started signing more with him? Don't have to tell you that helping him have a way to communiate would help...

Kerith

Annie said...

I thought Gavin's tantrums were pretty funny, too. Signing with him helped sometimes, but sometimes he was just pissed at the world.

G had trouble with the spoon when he started (always determined to hold it upside down and eat off the back of it, goofball) but he took to the fork right away. My kid likes to stab things. Maybe I shouldn't be too proud of that...

Laura said...

Ya, no one tells you it's actually the terrible ones!!