Ohhhhhh, I spoke too soon, my fine friends.
Everyone out there has heard of the "Terrible Twos". But have you heard about the "Tempestuous Twenty Two Months"?
I didn't think so.
Hello and welcome to Tantrumville, Miss. Hope you enjoy your stay.
We've now experienced two full blown tantrums. Both have happened within the last 7 days. I could blame it on the sickness, but I think it's just where she's at right now.
The first one was Saturday night right before bed (and actually lasted until after 'lights out') and the second one was post-nap yesterday afternoon.
Katie was frustrated about something. She couldn't express what the issue was and it just turned into a screaming/crying bout that lasted about an hour.
An example:
Are you all done with your yogurt?
Katie all done.
(I take the yogurt away)
Katie want yogurt!!!!
(I give yogurt back)
Katie all done!!!!!
(I take the yogurt away)
Katie want yoooooguuuurrrrrttttt!!!!
and on and on and on.
We moved from wanting/not wanting yogurt to wanting/not wanting raisins, wanting/not wanting to be picked up and wanting/not wanting strawberries. All of these items were originally requested by her.
Finally, I got her to eat two strawberries. She seemed content, screamed a little bit more at me and then finally asked to read a Mickey Mouse book. At that point she calmed down.
It was like night and day. The tantrum shut off and happy giggly Katie was back like nothing had happened.
I felt like I was walking on egg shells for the rest of the day. In no way did I want that to happen again.
Dudes, I was, like, scared.
