You might look at this picture and get the idea that here is a sweet, relaxed, happy almost 2 year old. You would be wrong. For the last week our sweet child has spent much of his awake hours possessed! He has more energy than he knows what to do with. Sunday morning we were at the park at 7:30 am, because Hunter inside is an accident waiting to happen. He climbs on tables, runs at top speed, throws toys, basically anything he shouldn't be doing. He spends much of his indoor time in timeout for his infractions.
So outside is the place we take him to burn off the energy and keep him out of trouble. Unfortunately he has a limitless amount! We had my parents and brother over Sunday night to celebrate my mom's birthday. That helped a lot. He enjoys having other people to play with and entertain.
The other issue we are having is tantrums. He is extremely opinionated and wants to either myself or Kerry (usually the one not doing the task) to get him milk, fix him breakfast, get him out of his crib in the morning, put him to bed, give him a bath, get him dressed etc. If not, he screams bloody murder and throws himself on the floor. For the last three mornings we have had to talk him down from the "I don't want to get dressed" tantrum. It is just exhausting. How to working parents get themselves out of the house on time each morning? It is baffling!
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