My name is 'uuuuudie'
Dale and I find ourselves talking to Jude now as though he is a real little boy. And it only just recently dawned on me that it's because he understands most of what we say. Amazing. And it is as though it just happened over night!!
We think he is amazing, smart and gorgeous, as does every parent I'm sure, however, we are now entering perhaps the.... challenging? period where our little boy is testing us like never before! Here comes the reality!! There are the smacks and disciplining we receive from Jude, the throwing of food, or not eating altoghether, taking off his nappy and weeing over the side of his cot (that was a nice one), hiding, running away when it is bed time, yelling at the supermarket or shops when he doesn't want to sit quietly (ha - quiet??), going as stiff as a board to go into the car seat, slinking when he doesn't want to be picked up, climbing on tables, beds, chairs, and into the bath....., the list goes on! Just when you think you have this parenting thing under control, enter the terrible two's. Although I am thinking the name, 'terrible two's' is a big fat lie (and it starts much earlier), just like 'morning sickness' - rather, ALL DAY sickness!
So....., since the last blog update, we have been busy issuing 'timeout', and taps on the hand of which the response from Jude, laughter. Ahhhhh, patience, patience, patience. It seems no matter what we do, raise our voice, send him to his room, ignore the behaviour, praise positive behaviour, he is going to test his boundries the way Jude wants to. And to make it worse, he is still our little boy who we believe is amazing, smart and gorgeous. And so we are challenged....
I was getting a mouthful for touching the mower!
(You can see his split lip, well, the lump, on his left)
Someone needs a haircut!
(You can see his split lip, well, the lump, on his left)
Bathtime with Aksel (thank you for the visit guys!)
Surviving his first 'boys weekend' with his dad!
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