Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Big and Bigger

Max and Claire had their 18th month well baby today.  I was looking forward to this appointment for many reasons, the major one was to discuss behavior.  The past few weeks have worn me out, so much I was wondering if you could have 18th month  postpartum.  Not really, but these last few weeks have not been the most fun.  When they were younger, I controlled everything.... sleep schedule, food, etc.. Now all I hear is "NO" 10000 times a day, throwing food, cups, toys, hitting, pushing, crying while holding my legs and the ever famous tantrums.  She assured me that was normal and I was ok for feeling the way I did and that it is very hard esp when you have 2 doing those things at one time... or spread throughout the day.
She suggested time out in the pack n play for one minute for misbehaving and to just ignore when they had tantrums.  Sounds easy right?  I try to ignore Max but after a minute of blood curling screams, I give in... a minute seems like 30.

On to the fun things...
they are doing great :)
Max:  30 lbs 1.5 oz 95%
          34 inches 92%

Claire:  24lbs 7oz 75%
            32 1/4 inches 75%

And if I can stay awake long enough tonight, I will blog about our "baller" status... flying (thanks to inlaws) to Philly Saturday and returning home Sunday (thanks to my mom for watching the kiddos)



2 comments:

  1. Hang in there, Kelly. My days are similar and I also mentioned behavior at our 18 month appointment. You are not alone! Toddlers are tough.

    Time outs have no effect on my girls. I get a lot further by giving time ins and extra attention. Like if I'm trying to do something and they are whining or hitting each other or something, I stop what im doing and reengage them for a few minutes then go back to what I'm doing. Alexa is the more misbehaving, aggressive one and she

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    She thrives On extra cuddles and attention.

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