Tuesday, February 8, 2011
keepin it real
Don't be fooled by that sweet face smiling back at you on the blog. I have learned something about Ava as she is getting over an illness. She turns into a sleep deprived tantrum throwing toddler! And I don't like it one bit! Maybe I have been lucky to not have to deal with too many full blown tantrums until recently but yesterday when she was screaming for oh, 45 MINUTES, I wanted to scream/cry right back! (And let me just say it was all over the fact that she wanted another chewy vitamin and I wouldn't let her. Guess we aren't ready for yummy vitamins that taste like candy, my fault) It was one of those moments where I wish I had a panel of moms around me to tell me what to do and to give me a big hug and tell me it is going to be ok. I know the obvious thing is to probably ignore her while she is having a meltdown, which I did, but do you have any other tips or advice that work for you and your child? This is uncommon for Ava and I put a lot of the blame on the fact that she has not been getting good sleep lately. She is sleeping through the night again since being sick but she is waking up at 5:30 in the morning and only taking maybe an hour nap each day. I could use some tips on getting your child to sleep in as well. Ava has never been great at napping and I know that eventually her naps will get a little better but this waking early has been going on since the last time she was sick. Good thing I am a coffee drinker! Getting out of the house has definitely been helping her and I to break our boredom and keep us from going crazy but unfortunately it looks like we are going to have another snow day soon. I'm glad I have this little blog to let me vent every once in awhile. Whew, I feel better already.
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Oh Vaughanie, you are right, this is so uncharacteristic of her, and it HAS to be the lack of sleep! My heart goes out to you and all that you have needed stregnth to handle these past few months, you deserve the mommy of the year award! If you are still up for it, let's talk tonight about ideas while our boys chat too, kay? : ) Love you! Sending you hugs from Houston!
So sorry that she's starting to act like this! It might be the terrible 2's coming as well as a lack of sleep. When Carter gets that way, I do ignore him and most of the time after about 10 minutes he stops. Sometimes I have to redirect him to play or do something that I know he'll LOVE doing and he forgets about throwing a tantrum.
As for sleep, he's always been a really good sleeper. Occasionally he'll wake up early and I just leave him until it's at least 7:15-8:00 (his normal wake-up time). He tends to learn to just play around and wait for me or most of the time he falls back asleep. Sorry I can't be of more help!
girl! you keepin it real all right, dawg! :) I feel your pain. Alex has been a real gem the last few days. she is totally testing you. just stick with your guns. changing the subject and scenery always helps me out. so quickly they forget. if I leave the room he will follow me and then find something that catches his eye and takes his mind off of it. or maybe try shock and awe- a fake out gets alex all the time. really ham it up! but sounds like ava is real fighter though. didn't they tell you that the terrible twos starts before they are two! its true!! :) hang in there! I am here for ya!
Girl, we are going through the same exact thing here with Hunter, only his tantrums aren't due to sickness or lack of sleep! Hang in there. Even under the best of circumstances, two year-olds are going to test their limits with us. You did a good job by sticking to your rules (only one vitamin) and not giving in to her tantrum.
In one of my books it said to give them a hug when they throw a fit. I never thought of it and even read some moms saying how ludicrous that sounded. Well ... Sophie is like Ava--really doesn't have tantrums (fingers crossed) but she has had a couple and the first thing I thought of was to immediately pick her up and hug her. It actually worked both times! She was so upset. I just picked her up and said, "I love you and gave her hugs and kisses." It really calmed her down and our "issue" was over!
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