Monday, October 24, 2011

Terrible 2's at age 4



Shawn is just about 4...3 yrs 10 mos to be exact.
He is finally hitting the terrible 2's and I have to say that I am excited. Not at the fact that I am dealing with his picky eating or not going to bed at night without me making several trips to his room but the fact that he is developing and growing. It is exciting to see him change.

wow it this a hard stage. He use to love to eat and eat everything and anything. Dinner is my biggest challege. He usually ends up eating a bowl of cereal,chips or if he cries hard enough then I will give in and take him to McDonalds for his favorite fish sandwich.

Going to bed? Well, it usually takes about 7 trips to his room. He will get out of bed and stand by the baby gate in front of his door and make his grunting noises. I will go up there to put him back to bed and he will have his pillow (which he hates on his bed) on his bed wanting me to lay down with him. Once in a while I will give in and lay with him. I don't want to turn that into a bad habit so I really had to show control tonight.

I hope this stage passes quickly. What is the next stage?