Tantrums
Ha – well cocky little ‘ole me was telling my friend Susan a few weeks ago how Tyler really didn’t throw tantrums. He did tend to get hyper and would scream or when playing with other kids may try to bite if frustrated and/or teething, but that was about it. Ha! The tantrums are here are they are doozies.

If I am holding him I better watch out because he will dig his fingers into me (gotta keep those nails trimmed), hit, and sometimes even try to bite me. If he is on his own, he will sit down and start crying. It is definitely something new to get used to. At this point, I am trying to learn why he is upset and go from there. I should have known we would get here eventually – everyone does.

Nighttime Yuck
We should be celebrating as the trip to the Guadalupe Mountains pretty much weaned Tyler off the bottle since we didn’t have one to give him there. The downside is the tool we used to mellow and relax him is gone and the other nighttime routine activities seem to be revving him up these days. When Chris tries to put him to sleep there is no longer a mellowing component and so the getting to bed is filled with lots of fussing. It really bothers me because I don’t think it is fair to try to take him from one state to another like that – no wonder he fights. Chris isn’t so sure. Of course, now that he knows “Mama”, I hear him calling for me and I can’t stand that. I don’t want him to have a negative association with going to bed becaused he is forced. I don’t know. I want to find some kind of mellowing substitute to the bottle and then see how it goes from there.