Let me tell you a little bit about Claire...sure she's cute and snuggly and adorable -WHEN SHE IS SLEEPING!!!!! This little terror bites, hits, climbs, pulls hair, screams, spits, scratches, pinches, and destroys anything and anyone in her path!
She will be playing with you one minute - you know the adorable backing up the rump to sit in your lap to have a story read to her? Well that doesn't last long because then the next minute she's half way up your back digging her knees into your side and using your hair as rope to get to the top and when she does, it's SMACK SMACK SMACK on the head because you aren't moving and giving her a ride!! What happened to the peacefull story time we were just having??
And please don't get me started on why every second of every day I am moving chairs around and turning them upside down or lifting them off the ground so that the beast can't climb to the top of the table and pretend that she is King Kong or push the chairs over to the sink and let the water run constantly making a splattering mess or push a chair over to the fridge where the water dispenser is and pushing the buttons on the dishwashers or pushing over the trash -no no no, don't get me started there!!!
Today, I decided to just follow her around it was exhausting and funny and frustrating and funny and annoying and funny...! You get the idea!
How do I tame the wild thing? She is quite the adventure every day! I need to start wearing a helmet and cover my body in padding because she is beating me up!!! I have the bite marks and scratches to prove it!!
I love her, but MAN she is a handfull!!
me with Claire after a LONG and EXHAUSTING day!!
(excuse the no make-up and no shower look!!)
5 comments:
Oh man I feel your pain.....because I have a monster in our house too! Our little Ethan is the Energizer Bunny. He is so busy and climbs on everything! He doesn't slow down till he's asleep and even then he's tossing and turning all over the place. I definitely get a work-out trying to keep up with him. ;-)
she doesn't look like a monster to me...
bahahahaha! this all sounds a little too familiar to me. I wonder who would win if we let Clair and Mason go at it. Mason is quite the ruthless King!
i feel your pain-i get the everyone is looking at me and thinking "why doesn't she parent that child" type of feeling when i am out and about-i am right here with you!
Thank goodness the Lord made Claire sooooo cute! Hopefully, you can make it through this challenging time in her development! We think you and Gordon are incredible parents! Never doubt that!
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