If you look up the phrase “terrible twos” in the dictionary you will see a picture of Colm. Next to that you will see a picture of me pulling my hair out. He is not the type of terrible two who throws tantrums. He does have an occasional tantrum, but nothing major. The problem is that he knows how to push EVERYONES’ buttons and he does it with a smile! He will take a perfectly folded basket of laundry and dump it on the floor…and grin at you while he is doing it. That’s just an example.
Also, I would say in the past four days I have been in public with him and at least three complete strangers have said to me something like, “Boy, he sure has a lot of energy.” Yes, he does. I don’t need to be reminded, and at this point if you say something to me about my child’s behavior/energy level, I am likely to hand him over to you and wish you good luck.
Yes, it was a long weekend.
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