Dear little one,
I fully understand that you’re navigating the challenging phase of early childhood development. And let me tell you, it’s been quite the experience—eye-twitchingly remarkable, if I may say so. Yet today, like many others, you have been remarkably effective at pushing my patience to its limits. Here’s a glimpse into your day:
- Engaging in full-body tackles with our cat, the one with a strong dislike for being petted.
- Carrying the second cat upside down, who once relished cuddles.
- Watching only the first quarter of every movie before losing interest.
- Attempting to give me an “air raspberry,” which resulted in actual spit on my face.
- Using the cat litter scooper as a hairbrush.
- Launching your entire bowl of Cheerios onto the floor while exclaiming, “Eat, my kitties, eat!”
- Scouring the trash for what you believe to be hidden treasures.
- Screaming because the sun is too bright while stubbornly refusing to look away.
- Yelling because the sun “went gone” behind a tree, leaving you furious.
- Unbuckling your car seat during our drive.
- Crying over a dollop of ketchup I put on your plate, which you specifically requested.
- Attempting to flush four of your toy cars down the toilet.
- Wailing because you actually succeeded in doing so.
- Telling me to go to sleep while simultaneously preventing me from doing so.
- Typing an urgent email on my laptop after I foolishly left it open while rescuing a cat from your toddler antics.
- Repeatedly asking if I’m finished in the bathroom, followed by offers of “help”—a gesture I appreciate, but I am quite capable now.
- Eating dirt straight off my shoes.
- Emptying the fridge of all its contents, especially the fragile items, like eggs.
- Shouting “stinky poop” while sprinting around the house, having just removed your diaper, which indeed contained “stinky poop.”
- Trying to scale the curtains.
- Dumping everything from my dresser onto the floor.
- Licking doorknobs in places other than our home.
- Picking cheese out of your macaroni and cheese, then tossing the leftover pasta onto the floor.
- Asking for water every couple of minutes, only to cry when I bring it because you wanted juice instead.
- Leaving bright orange Cheetos fingerprints on our flat screen TV.
- Screaming when I explain that I can’t buy you a dragon due to uncertainty about the nearest dragon shelter.
- Requesting kisses and then slapping my face, declaring that it’s “gross.”
As much as I adore you, when the clock strikes 7:30, you better have some serious hiding skills if you wish to evade bedtime.
With love,
Your weary mother, teetering on the edge of a breakdown.
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