Toddler Crazies

I always new I wanted to be a mom!! But want you don't realize is all the emotions that will come with it. And each child is different!! When they say "terrible twos" what you don't always hear is that it could start at 18 months or it might not come until three! What you went through with your first child is NOT going to necessarily be what you go through with your next!

The terrible twos I went through with my daughter are so not what I am going through with my son!!! But I knew I was in trouble with him the moment I felt him in the womb! I could count on two times a day for my daughters activity in the womb, with my son he was active all the time! I knew then I was going to be busy with him. And I have!

I have what I call toddler crazies where at the end of everyday I need a mental vacation because he wears me out. He is all over the place, constantly on the go and do not forget getting into and climbing on everything!! I clean up one mess and he is on to the next. When he is in a room things are flying, spilling, moving, crashing and it looks like a tornado hit it! He is a bull in a china shop, literally! The thing that kills me is that he can do it in like 5.4 seconds. When he has his little pal over (about the same age) they can destroy anything!

My sister calls him "little boomer", which I don't think she knew just how fitting that would be when she started calling him that! Thank God he was not my first because I might have stopped after him. LOL My daughter was the perfect "ice breaker" for us!

I never had to worry about my daughter climbing bookshelves, counters or unlocking front doors and trying to leave or coloring on walls. Not that my daughter was a perfect Angel but she was so much more timid and mellow. My daughter also never got hurt in Sunday school, who gets wounded in Sunday school???? Little Boomer!! My husband is on the medical team at church so he got a call over the walkie talkie, he gets up and I hear someone say to him "its the toddler room". I get this instant sinking feeling it is mine. Sure enough my son was playing fell face first into a toy and got a bloody nose!! He hit it so hard we thought maybe he broke his nose because he started swelling and getting black and blue under his eyes. He was fine the er doc told me he is just a boy!

I am thankful however to have a hands on, very involved husband who often lets me leave for small periods of time to recuperate!! Just having my husband give them baths or brush their teeth helps!!

In spite of all this I am trying to enjoy these "toddler crazies" because I know it is just a matter of time before he is bigger and more independent and will not need me as much. So I often try to remind myself to try to enjoy both my children and all they go through because time goes by so quickly.