1. Toothache
2. Begrudging Beijing
3. Driven
Son 2 aged 1 has four whopping great canines coming through at once, plus one odd front tooth on the bottom. He’s sleeping badly, he’s cross when he wakes up, he doesn’t want to be put down, he doesn’t want to play with Son 1 aged 4. All he wants to do is be carried around with his head on my shoulder. We are now at the end of our two-week Birthday Fest, and we are all knackered, so today was Toys, Telly and Tidying. Poor old Son 2 wrote off the first part of the morning - I could do nothing because he would not be put down. So I put him to bed. I lay down with him to soothe him to sleep… and he snapped awake whenever I moved. In the end I had to leave him in the cot to cry.
One Wednesday Mother is on a Business Trip to Beijing. Earlier this year she had a Business Trip to Borneo. We remaining Mothers are very pleased for her. The other Wednesday Mum came round with her 2 year old (the 4 year old is at school.) Aged 2 fell down the stairs, hollered and woke Son 2. Son 1 and Aged 2 dressed up, Son 1 in his new Fireman Sam outfit and Aged 2 as Sportacus. The boys had cartons of smoothie. Son 2 instantly demanded a share. The visitors didn’t stay long, and I got the boys lunch and put Son 2 down. He slept for three hours.
Son 1 and I watched his new Sinbad DVD, played with his new airport, played with Son 2’s toy ambulance and did some colouring. Son 1 was tired, lying down a lot, sitting on me to watch telly, sitting on the floor. We didn’t get any tidying done. Son 2 woke up, I started tea and The Man came home. And Son 1 transformed into Wild Child, getting up from his tea constantly, sword-fighting and hitting both of us with a balloon left over from the party. So I popped it and threw it out. “Oh bother,” said Son 1. I think the problem was me playing with Son 2 during tea - with a balloon. I was pleased to see Son 2 smiling again and showing an interest in life… Son 1 couldn’t handle the sight. He clung to me during Son 2’s reading time too. Their need for me is simple, over-powering and incredible. I’m sure I was never like that with Nanna. Hadn’t I been shoved out into the snow with a broom at their age?
Tags: Beijing, Birthday Fest, Borneo, canines, clinginess, jealousy, need for mother, sibling rivalry, sleep problems, smoothie, teething, toys
i feel for you. one of the worse times teething. You need to leave the pain killer within your reach out of childrens way for use during the night. Teething is extremely painful and includes pain in the ear and surrounding bones as well as the teeth and gums. Take my advice dom’t leave them or you to suffer.
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