I must admit, I have had my moments of, I'm ready to pull my hair out...can't wait til its this child's nap time, want to holler at the top of my lungs (which I sometimes do, especially when for the third time that day I have slammed the exact same toe into the exact same toy laying in the middle of the floor) kind of days. Which in response triggers K to repeat the exact same sound that I just made. So we now have two people hollering out loud in the house instead of one. In which the dogs respond by quickly running upstairs because they become scared and most times I have to just sit there and laugh.
It's tough being a stay at home mom. Definitely not something I ever saw myself doing but her being born early kind of just threw me into it. I do love staying home with her but all good things must come to an end.
Basically this month has been filled with "What can I get into?" She is so stable on her feet now that she has no problem getting around and no problem getting into whatever she can! You should see her when she spots the dogs/cats water bowl on the ground. Most times we pick it up as soon as we come back home because home girl LOVES to splash in it, like she's in the tub or something. But occasionally we do forget to get it up. She looks at the bowl, turns to look at one of us to see if we are watching and then takes off like a bat out of hell. She runs as fast as her chunky legs will carry her all the way to the bowl to instantly bend down and start splashing around.
She is also quite good at emptying a cupboard of cooking appliances like it's no ones business. Exhibit A...
This child keeps me on my toes!! I can't look away for more than a minute because if I do, she'll be on top of the couch or using her other toys as step stools to get up on something.
See the little yellow toy at the bottom on the left...yes, she used that to get herself up on the exersaucer and then proceeded to get herself stuck.
And this is her, "Well what do you want/can you help a sista out?" look. My guess is is that she is going to be a high energy, like to do things my way, kind of girl. In a room full of Indians, my guess is that she'll either be the Chief or want to be the Chief. Oh my...we are so in for it. Though I knew this when she wanted to do things HER way at 29 weeks.
And we are also going through a hitting/biting/pinching phase. I'm pretty sure it is her just testing her boundaries and also because she can't use words to communicate, this is how she does. But by golly...she has tested my patience to no end. The words/phrases Gentle, No Kenley, and Be Nice are said MANY times throughout the day. But she's learning, I can tell...hopefully!!!
But it's hard to stay upset at this girl for too long!
She makes my heart smile!!!
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