Go to your room....

Yes, I have already started telling my 2 and a half year old that very thing.  For me, it's one of the alternatives to popping her hand or pulling out my hair.  Yes, I pop and will continue to pop Grace Evan Williams Wesson (that's not what this is about so stay focused:o).  I thought we'd gotten beyond the "terrible twos" because I read somewhere that it's actually the few months leading up to the 2nd year and a few months into it that are the worst.  Well....they (the authors of said article) were wrong.  Miss Grace is taking every opportunity to remind me that she is a small person, but a person all the same, with her own likes, dislikes, wants, needs and appreciations.  She's exerting her will and I have to remind myself that she has that right (within reason), and that I simply need to help her channel those feelings and emotions in ways that are not self destructive, rude, disrespectful or harmful to others.  I'm working on it.  I also have to remind myself (with a chuckle) that I too was like that with my parents and am still like that with my heavenly Father.  I want what I want and when HE says no, I sometimes act out.  I'm sometimes told to go to my room, or place of calm and reflection and restoration.  I'm also popped on the hand sometimes ( and it doesn't feel good which is why I don't do it often).  I know....I know....she's just two and a half and it's expected that there will be meltdowns and tantrums.  My prayer is not to have a tantrum or meltdown of my own in the process.

EXPECT MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER THINK OR IMAGINE!