Today, May 6, 2010 marks the day that Zoey threw her first tantrum. It wasn’t over a toy, a remote control, a gigantic glass of diet coke or my cell phone. Nope, it was simply over… nothing. Yes, NOTHING. She awoke from her nap crying, I picked her up out of her crib and brought her into the living room. The smell wafting from her cute little tooshie was not that of fresh cut roses, so I grabbed a diaper and decided to do a quick diaper change.
She throws a fit when you change her diaper so I figured if she was already throwing a fit then it could not get any worse. Did you read that last part correctly??? I assumed that a child throwing a fit could not get any worse. All of you experienced Mamas that have toddlers can stop throwing rotten vegetables at me now!! I realize my mistake! I know it can get worse. It can ALWAYS get worse! I promise not to break the Mother Code ever again. Pinky swear, even!
As you can imagine by now.. It got worse. She started arching her back. Kicking frantically. Thrashing around. Hitting things. I handed her things (a pajama shirt, pair of shorts, drink coaster, toy, ball, sock, clean diaper, sunglasses and then I began to get desperate so I tried a CELL PHONE, REMOTE CONTROL, MY SOUL) to occupy her and she just threw them away. She cried and the crying turned to screams. She choked and coughed on her own saliva. Her voice (or SCREAMING, I should say) started to become hoarse. I tried comforting her and she would not have any of it. Finally, I got fed up and put her back into her crib with her paci and she was out for another 1 1/2 hours.
This daycare thing is throwing her for a loop. Her daily nap and eating schedule has changed quite a bit. She has so much fun at daycare and is such a good girl but she just does not nap there. The most I got out of her today was about 45 minutes, so by time we left she was absolutely exhausted! She threw a fit yesterday evening after we got home from daycare but it was nothing compared to this evening’s show that she put on! Phew. She also threw another fit right before bed. Poor baby!
Tomorrow we are taking naps, eating on schedule and we might run a few errands if we are feeling up to it. Being a kid is HARD work, ya know?
Welcome to tantrums!
Daycare completely threw our munchkins out of whack last year. They eventually got used to it and were back on a schedule.
My girl screams so much she gives herself the hiccups. So then she screams because she has the hiccups. It’s a neverending cycle.
Aaaah! I wouldn’t have a clue what to do with a screaming wee one… but sounds scary. ;-)
Hope you’re doing ok, momma.