I always knew I had a weird child. Cordy has never gone with the flow, but the weekend confirmed that she’s an odd one.
First, on Saturday, she was playing near an old fan, and somehow managed to cut three of her fingers. Nothing too deep, but they did bleed a lot. Was she bothered by this? No. Did she try to finger paint with her new source of red paint? Yes. There was blood everywhere. The thing that upset her the most was when Aaron’s parents tried to clean off her fingers and take away her source of fun.
Later in the evening, I caught her trying to pick off the scabs to bring back the fun blood paint. Forget the fact that it clearly hurt. Sigh.
Then yesterday we went to Toys R Us. We needed to buy something for Mira, but agreed to let Cordy pick out a toy, too. She got cranky near the end of the shopping trip, but she did decide on a toy. You know how some parents say that their kid tires of a toy the second they buy it? As soon as our stroller passed through the electronic doors to the parking lot, Cordy freaked out and shoved the toy at me, no longer wanting it, and threw the World’s Greatest Tantrum. Threw herself down on the pavement, fought getting into the carseat, and threw the toy when we tried to give it back to her. She screamed the entire way home.
I can see throwing a tantrum over a toy you didn’t get, but having a fit over a toy you got? Come on! What kid is upset because she has the toy she wants?
If this is her as a toddler, I’m terrified of when she becomes a sullen teenager.
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I’m sorry I haven’t been as vocal at all of your blogs. Please know I’m still reading, even if I’m not commenting. I only get a tiny part of the day when my (non-napping) infant lets me put her down to have access to the keyboard. But I can reach the mouse and click through Bloglines while I feed her, which means I read more than I comment.
Also, be sure to check out my post at Family.com. Do you have mommy superpowers?
I do that all the time. Bloglines is a wonderful, terrible thing.
ah, i just wrote a post about the weird things that spark the tantrums. glad we’re in good company 😉
but about the blood – yikes.
Oh, I’m already doing the “read but don’t comment thing” and my new babe isn’t even here yet! With a toddler it’s hard enough! I wanna tell people, “check your stat counter, I really was there today!!!” LOL.
What is it with these non nappers? Myles is getting a tad better now that we have the reflux under control, but man it was rough going for awhile there.
Hang in. I know how hard it is with one infant who won’t let you put him down, can’t imagine what you do when you have a toddler too.
Considering how much time I spend convincing the girls that their boo-boos don’t merit a band-aid, I’m kinda impressed by what a tough chick Cordy is.
I can’t believe you can even think straight. We’re still here. Don’t fret about commenting. That’s just silly.
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Did you really just try to apologize for not commenting when you have a newborn in the house? You’re fired from blogging. Go nap because your brain is obviously fried! 😉 Of course we understand!!
Do we have cloned children? Just wondering.
And I know what you mean about commenting. I do the best I can, but with only one hand free, commenting is hard!