Lately I have been having a couple of arguments with Addison. I realize as a parent that there will be many times that I will have to break her heart by saying no or not giving her what she wants but these arguments seem silly to me. When she gets something in her head it is so hard to change her mind.
We we have been arguing the fact that she is turning three. Ask her how old she is and she holds up two fingers and says, "Two years old". Ask her when her birthday is and she says, "May 8th". Ask her how old she will be on her birthday and she says "may 8th". I try to explain that she is two years old, her birthday is may 8th, and that on her birthday she will turn 3. She keeps telling me, "No I AM may 8th! I am May 8th!" I calmly keep explaining and by the time she is practically in tears I give up. Just doesn't seem worth it. But this has been going on for about two months now. She is so sure that she is right.
Addison LOVES wearing pajamas. With the weather warming up, I put up her winter pajamas. I bought some cute one with short sleeves. Big mistake! Addison had a melt down over these short sleeves. By the end of it Nathan told her she could either wear the short sleeves or nothing. She chose nothing and slept in her pull-up. So I bought her some long sleeve pajamas without feet that were made of cooler material. Bonus: they were on clearance. But there are two sides to this coin. She does not want to take her pajamas off. Doesn't matter if it's first thing in the morning or 4 o'clock in the afternoon. She cries and complains. Throughout the day she asks to be "nooked". At nap time I do let her sleep in her underwear, but then she doesn't want to put clothes back on. Tonight we had to go into town and she just cried and cried over putting her clothes on. This also seems like a silly argument to me.
And the silliest of all. She wants to change her name. We were talking this morning about the fact that her Gram, my mom, is going to be changing her name from Janet Clawson to Janet Harper because she is getting married. Addison decided right then that she wanted to change her name to Janet Clawson Gram. I guess since my mom isn't using it anymore she wants it. But I keep telling her that she can't change her name until she gets married and that Addison Gamble is a nice name. She is insistent on this name change. She has brought it up several times today and each time it results in tears. This one inspired me to write this blog. I expect melt downs... Can I have this cookie? No. Meltdown. Can I have this toy? No. Meltdown...but can I go into town in just my underwear and I want to change my name? Seriously?!
LOL!!! I know you probably don't find this humorous but from the outside, I laughed through the whole blog post. Soon after my sister was born (I was 7 or 8), I asked my mom what it was called when women had babies. My mom kept telling me "labor," and I just kept arguing with her that wasn't right, and I was looking for another word. I remember telling her that "labor" was what women go through when having a baby is HARD but when it's EASY, it's called something else. HAHA. Now that I look back on that, it's just so funny the things kids think of.
ReplyDeleteI am trying not to bubble up in laughter over here! Uh, hello? When did Addison come visit Chase and conspire against us? Okay, that did not happen. It is called being two and being three! Whew! Lots of fun, huh?
ReplyDeleteChase has done almost all of this in different ways but same issues. Clothing....HUGE issue. Jeremy's sister got married and changed name....issue. Chase has issues with age....today, he told me that we are all four. It just takes lots of love, patience, and knowing that you will win. I have no doubt that you are going to win and she is going to continue to be one awesome little girl.