Well, Geoffrey's reached a very... trying... stage. He has been PUSHING HIS LIMITS! It seemed particularly bad in Hawaii - now, I know we were on vacation and things were out of his regular schedule, but he's been leading up to it at home, too. It's a lot of not listening - (Geoffrey, don't scream, please... followed by more screams - just screaming to hear his voice.) Or you tell him to stop hitting and he will poke "well, I didn't hit..." kind of attitude. It is exhausting and irritating.
One particularly irritating - and scary - moment occurred in Hawaii. He had been obnoxious at the beach - splashing people int he face - not listening, etc. We went to the pool to rinse off from the beach. As we were finishing in the pool and getting everything together, Geoffrey started his screaming thing. "Ah! Ah! Ah" Very loud and obnoxious. We asked him to stop and he wouldn't, so we put him on time out, where he proceeded to scream for about 5 more minutes before finally getting quiet. When he was done with his time out, he walked back towards me - I had put Katelyn in the ergo baby carrier (the one I wear) and I had the bag in my hand - and Geoff heads to the pool. "No, Geoff, you don't have your vest on, and we are going upstairs now..." so Geoffrey keeps inching his way, backing towards to pool and watching me with that - "what are you going to do? You can't stop me. You know if you come towards me I'll turn around and run straight into the pool..." I told him - over and over, "No, Geoff, we're done, please don;t go in the pool, Geoff, you don't have a vest on...etc." and what does he do? He jumps in the pool. Grant was around the corner cleaning sand off the buckets and I had Katelyn in my carrier. Luckily, he jumped right by the stairs and he could stand just on his tippee toes, and I could grab him running down the first two steps. Scared Grant and I SO BAD, though.
Sigh. I know this is part of him learning how to become independent. It doesn't define him. But it certainly has been a difficult time as a parent!
One particularly irritating - and scary - moment occurred in Hawaii. He had been obnoxious at the beach - splashing people int he face - not listening, etc. We went to the pool to rinse off from the beach. As we were finishing in the pool and getting everything together, Geoffrey started his screaming thing. "Ah! Ah! Ah" Very loud and obnoxious. We asked him to stop and he wouldn't, so we put him on time out, where he proceeded to scream for about 5 more minutes before finally getting quiet. When he was done with his time out, he walked back towards me - I had put Katelyn in the ergo baby carrier (the one I wear) and I had the bag in my hand - and Geoff heads to the pool. "No, Geoff, you don't have your vest on, and we are going upstairs now..." so Geoffrey keeps inching his way, backing towards to pool and watching me with that - "what are you going to do? You can't stop me. You know if you come towards me I'll turn around and run straight into the pool..." I told him - over and over, "No, Geoff, we're done, please don;t go in the pool, Geoff, you don't have a vest on...etc." and what does he do? He jumps in the pool. Grant was around the corner cleaning sand off the buckets and I had Katelyn in my carrier. Luckily, he jumped right by the stairs and he could stand just on his tippee toes, and I could grab him running down the first two steps. Scared Grant and I SO BAD, though.
Sigh. I know this is part of him learning how to become independent. It doesn't define him. But it certainly has been a difficult time as a parent!
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