The Totally Terrible Two’s

The old saying of the terrible two’s is so true.  I have to say at this season of my child’s life, I am finding challenge after challenge with him.

It seems like my children hit this stage about 6 months before the time is suppose to come.  I think it is because my first agenda with them, is to teach them to communicate with us.  My youngest little guy wasn’t a fan of saying words, unless he thought of them all by himself.  So I taught him some signing to help his communication skills continue to blossom, which they have.

Only problem is he has turned into the cutest little ‘Alpha Male’  tyrant I have ever seen.  At times it is so stinkin’ cute, and at other times it is such an exhausting challenge.   His little personality shines through in his constant state of I have my own agenda and stop interfering with it.  He puts his eye brows down, and stomps his foot at me in protest, when I tell him “NO”, or when I want him to do some thing that he is not interested in doing.

This happens… oh I don’t know like 40 times a day.  If he is not protesting then he is just down right disobeying.  He really does have his own agenda most of the day.  He likes to wear every one shoes… I don’t allow shoes all over the house for clean carpet purposes, but he wears the dirty things and then leaves them randomly placed all over our house.

That is just a couple of frustrations.  It is so hard to deal with, how do you discipline that?  He also tries to bite his older brothers and sisters if they try to enforce the rules.  No one has shown him how to bite in anger, nope..he has figured that out all by himself.

Right now he is feeding our dog those expensive “Graduate” Cheese Puffs.  My house is in a constant state of messiness.  So maybe I am writing just to help the reader understand the expression, Terrible Two’s…  Or how about to just laugh and cry with me while I rant about all the truth I am getting out.

It is so hard to keep a straight face, and be stern when he just is a miniature vision of my husband.  Eye brows down, grunting with authority, and standing solid as a rock, smart and confident.  It is just about the cutest thing in the world.  Such a little man, it is absolutely priceless.

Only at the end of a long day of struggle do I want to be done with this age.  It is a bittersweet emotional roller coaster ride.  He is more challenging than the others because he has learned from his siblings.  I am not talking about bad habits either, just day to day kid stuff.  He just wants to be like them.   Unknowingly my older children have helped him become the monster he is today… who knew???

Babies are such a blessing from the Lord.  I also think he makes them extremely challenging for a reason.  So much time and energy invested… it would seem that only love can be grown from that.  When that love is realized, it helps you to get a glimpse of the love God has for us.  I don’t think we can actually totally understand it, but that’s okay… when we get to heaven.

Every time I have had a new baby, I am so excited to meet them.   I feel so much love and kindness towards them.  I just want to be with them constantly, and nurture their every need and want.  But as they grow, your love grows… which does not at all seem possible when you meet the new little beings, but it happens.

As they become little people with their own personalities and they express them selves it is even more endearing.  God is so awesome.  It is a perfect harmonious way to learn and love your children.  Not only does it teach you about them but it teaches you about yourself.

So whether your love comes  immediate, or takes a time… our children when released into this world, by the grace of God will find their way as God fearing adults to glorify Him, hopefully with peace and joy even in hard times.

I have only been able to become who I am so far, because of these children.  So for this last child, I know that as tired and frustrated as I am at times… I AM GOING TO MISS THIS

I am not doing all of this work in vain.  I am doing this for my children, so they will become who God wants them to become… not what the world thinks they need to be!

That is reason enough for me.