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Welcome to a Toddler Moment...
My name is Lisa and I have a toddler.
I like to think of myself as a fairly open minded and easy
going person who relies on common sense. My son is a
different story; he is an independent spirit, an explorer
and a climber.
We occasionally venture out of the house and when we do,
he attempts to escape from anything that holds him in:
grocery carts, strollers, you name it. He often succeeds,
which makes me wonder if we are the parents of the next
Houdini, but that is another story. His father and I try to
let him walk around to see what he thinks he is missing,
but too often we end up chasing him – 17 months old and
already a marathon runner!
When I do manage to catch up with him he throws his
head back and screams like a banshee. People stare, point
and whisper to each other and, of course, look
disapprovingly in my direction.
Obviously these onlookers don't realize they are witnessing
a....TODDLER MOMENT...firsthand.
We all have them: those moments when we are just not
ourselves. We blame aging, calling them "senior moments" or
we call it PMS, blaming “that time of the month.”
Whatever your favorite phrase might be, no one
experiences these moments more intensely than the
average toddler.
SO WHAT DO WE DO????
We must find the humor in these sometimes horrific
moments; raising a toddler is an adventure into the
unknown. No matter how prepared we think we are for a
toddler moment it is inevitable to find ourselves grasping
for the slightest bit of reassurance that ‘this too shall
pass…’
If you are like me you have read every available piece of
information on this phenomenon and the many other
subjects that plague the mind of the average parent.
Naturally, I subscribe to numerous family oriented
magazines and receive copious amounts of email from sources
on the Internet, but I have yet to find much common sense
in the articles I read. !
After a lot of thought and experience, I offer my advice
when dealing with a toddler moment: preserve your sense
of humor! It is the essential ingredient to maintaining
sanity in the face of even the most horrifying toddler
moment.
