Opening cabinets
Her new favorite thing to do and it is driving me bonkers. She takes the dish towels out and scatters them around the kitchen. She pulls the cutting boards out. And this is where she found my pot lids and almost pulled them all over on herself. I think we may need to baby-proof every cabinet in the kitchen, not just the one that has the cleaning supplies.
Today was another rough one. But I think it has less to do with the kids and more to do with me. It’s hard to maintain a good, positive attitude and have an optimistic outlook on life all the time when life as you know it consists of a lot of whining, pooping and messes and not a lot of alone time. We had a small group meeting tonight and the leader of our group was asking me about how things were going and I shared a little bit about my situation the last couple of days and how I wished I could control myself more and not lose my temper so quickly. His advice was to acknowledge that while it’s not ok to lose my temper all the time, it IS ok to cut myself some slack and recognize that it happens. And then he said that good parenting should be tiring. So I guess I’m being a great parent because I am beat! But in all honesty, I am so thankful for the encouraging people in my life who’ve been through this all before and give sound advice.
You finally have a normal child! I think they are supposed to be getting into stuff all the time. Sorry. :-(