I often write about my daughter. About how funny, how brilliant, how inspirational and how fantastic it is to be her mom. Even though all these things are true, our days aren’t always filled with cotton candy, rainbows and sunshine, lovey-dovey happiness. Oh no, far from it. Parker is a product of my husband and I and shows for it with all the independent stubbornness capable of being supported in her two and a half-year old frame.
Today was one of those days where every direction, limitation and plea for cooperation was met with equal or greater opposition. If I said here, she went there. If I said up, she went down. And when I said no, she took it as a yes with a running head start. Battle after battle, talking it out followed by Parker’s apologies and eventual follow-through with requests. It seems on days like today I have to work twice as hard to maintain my patience and consistency to prove I’m not going to give in, hoping it will curb tomorrow’s behavior.
By the end of the day I was exhausted counting down the minutes until bed-time and still prepared for Parker’s next challenge. She had dumped out a large bag of foam blocks to play with and after a short while abandoned the blocks for crayons and paper. “Parker, you need to put the blocks away before coloring,” I instructed her.
She looked up at me with a Crazy Lady Leave Me Alone glare and said, “Mommy you not cooperating!”
Yes, exactly what I have been telling her all day.
Inspired Living KC 
As the parent of a three-and-a-half year old, I can more than relate to this. Most of the time it’s great, but every now and then it’s like a demon has taken over their bodies. I hear it gets better at four years. We’ll see. Thanks for following my blog. I look forward to reading more of your posts!
Stephen
Thanks for stopping by, better at 4!? One moment at a time will get me through the next year and a half. I’m sure I will have aged 5 more years by then.