Sign of Things to Come
Today Darcy was invited to go to her friend's house to go swimming. Sam has a pool at her house and her Dad had invited Nick to bring Darcy over one day for a swimming play date. He likes to have a parent stay around when their child is swimming, for safety's sake, so Nick was prepared to go swimming too. A great sacrifice on his part!
This morning they were getting things ready to go, swimsuits, towels, sunblock, all the normal things you need for a pool party. Wesley saw all these preparations and noticed that nothing was being prepared for him. He has this way of yelling at you so that even though he's not saying any words, his thoughts come clearly across. He made it very clear that he felt he should be included in the pool party. At one point he looked inside the backpack and saw Nick's bathing suit inside. He pulled it out and held it up in my face and started yelling. He was clearly saying, "See! I knew there was something fun going on! Where's my swimsuit????" To add insult to injury, they rode Nick's bike with the child seat on it over to Sam's house. Wesley's two favourite activities right now are swimming and bike riding. Nothing like rubbing salt in the wound. As he looked out the window and saw them riding away, he freaked out. He's had mini temper tantrums before, but nothing like this. There was crying, screaming, yelling, kicking, hitting, the whole package. I felt bad for the poor little guy so I let him have it out, tried to give him some hugs and then got him some grapes (his favourite snack) to settle him down. I think that as we approach his second birthday next month we're going to see more and more outbursts like this. He got over it pretty quickly but it was quite intense while it lasted. I'm not looking forward to that being a regular occurrence!
After he settled down, we went to the grocery store (where he got a free cookie) and then we came home and played in the backyard. Then we went for a bike ride around the block. It took more than half an hour to go around our tiny block with Wesley on his tricycle. He stopped every few minutes when something caught his attention. A big transport truck went down our street (they're not supposed to do that) and that fascinated him. A pretty blond lady got into her car and that fascinated him too. Then he had to get off the bike to throw a stone in a puddle. Normal 2-year old things. He ended up having a great morning, but we sure got off to a rough start.
This morning they were getting things ready to go, swimsuits, towels, sunblock, all the normal things you need for a pool party. Wesley saw all these preparations and noticed that nothing was being prepared for him. He has this way of yelling at you so that even though he's not saying any words, his thoughts come clearly across. He made it very clear that he felt he should be included in the pool party. At one point he looked inside the backpack and saw Nick's bathing suit inside. He pulled it out and held it up in my face and started yelling. He was clearly saying, "See! I knew there was something fun going on! Where's my swimsuit????" To add insult to injury, they rode Nick's bike with the child seat on it over to Sam's house. Wesley's two favourite activities right now are swimming and bike riding. Nothing like rubbing salt in the wound. As he looked out the window and saw them riding away, he freaked out. He's had mini temper tantrums before, but nothing like this. There was crying, screaming, yelling, kicking, hitting, the whole package. I felt bad for the poor little guy so I let him have it out, tried to give him some hugs and then got him some grapes (his favourite snack) to settle him down. I think that as we approach his second birthday next month we're going to see more and more outbursts like this. He got over it pretty quickly but it was quite intense while it lasted. I'm not looking forward to that being a regular occurrence!
After he settled down, we went to the grocery store (where he got a free cookie) and then we came home and played in the backyard. Then we went for a bike ride around the block. It took more than half an hour to go around our tiny block with Wesley on his tricycle. He stopped every few minutes when something caught his attention. A big transport truck went down our street (they're not supposed to do that) and that fascinated him. A pretty blond lady got into her car and that fascinated him too. Then he had to get off the bike to throw a stone in a puddle. Normal 2-year old things. He ended up having a great morning, but we sure got off to a rough start.
posted by Sue Matthews at 1:34 PM
2 Comments:
I must admit that I laughed!!! You described the situation so well -- I could almost hear him yell.
He may as well learn that life is not always fair, even when you're the cutest little guy in the house.
Can't way to see you guys.
It's so hard when they start to understand they're being left out. At least with Samantha, she's still easily distracted from being left out.
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