So with Raelynn becoming 18 months I’ve realized that I don’t have a baby anymore, I have a toddler! 😳 insert tears 😭😭😭 anyways with this new realization I’ve come to learn somethings about being a toddler mom. So if you’re wondering if you’ve got a toddler on your hands, read my list of toddler signs:
- The tantrums are real. They say terrible twos, but man if it gets more real then this, I’m going to need a membership to the liquor store!😂 This was from last week, she was
screaming bloody murder because I took the nail clippers away from her 🤦🏼♀️ And just to be clear when I say tantrum I really mean an unreasonable tiny human, loud as jackhammer, drenched in tears and snot, following you around as a personal torture device until you obey their every command. I’ve come to find that choosing your battles wisely is the only possible way to find sanity. Anyways moving on…. - Your food is no longer yours. Anything you eat, they will try and most likely succeed at stealing from you. I can’t even have a granola bar to myself…and when my husband looks at me like my plate could feed a gorilla, it’s because it’s about to be devoured by a man hungry little girl.
- Silence is golden, and also deadly. If my house is quiet it means one of two things…it’s either nap time/bed time or my daughter is finding someway to make my heart leap out of my chest. She’s very good at playing Evel Knievel and I’m sure as she gets older it will only get worse 😬 and when it’s nap time you better morph into mom ninja while you are running around trying to get as much done as you possibly can without distractions. Somehow Rae turns even the safest things into deadly activities. I’ve also been told that your second child is usually harder and crazier than the first and I really hope that isn’t true because I’ll need a bubble suit!
- You will become a literal jungle gym. And I don’t mean in a cute way… I’m talking when you step into the shower hopefully completely alone, you’ll take a look at your body and wonder when you entered into fight club. You will have toys smashed into your face, feet digging into your entire body, and you will be lucky to not have a black eye and all your teeth by the end of the day.
- Now back to the alone comment, once you have a toddler the amount of time you have to yourself is equal to their age….in years, not months. Now let’s not kid ourselves, 1 year old is equivalent to 1 minute alone. Now I’m not taking nap or bedtime into this equation, but for me I’ve still got a dog and a husband following me around during these “breaks”
- Now I’m throwing this one in here even though I can’t completely relate….YET. We try for enormous amounts of time to get our kids to walk and talk and then we ask ourselves WHY?!? They go through the house like the mini natural disaster and you can’t help but wonder why you taught them how to move around. And talking…now granted my daughter isn’t at this stage yet, but we’re getting there. She’ll start babbling around the entire house not caring that your head is pounding from a blow you took earlier from a toy phone.
Anyways, I could go on and on but honestly I wouldn’t change any of this for the whole world. Yes we all have our moments, but she has taught me how to be a better person….sometimes a crazy better person, but a better person nonetheless.❤️-Dev
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