is it just me?
So, today isn't looking like it will be a good day. First thing that happened this morning, was I walked into the living room to find playdoh everywhere. You couldn't even walk into the room because it was covering the floor. What is it that motivates a kid to do that sort of thing? Does anyone else's 5 year old do these kinds of things? Or is it just me? Sometimes I truly believe that he's planning new ways all the time to drive me nuts, seriously. Hopefully everyone will have a better Saturday than me!
posted by Shawna @ 11:52 AM
3 Comments:
You may think I'm crazy but this post made me miss work (I work in chidcare but am on sick leave).
Your questions are done. http://adelheida.blogspot.com/2005/08/5-qs-4-u.html
No you aren't crazy. Neither is the little one... but just wait til he is a teenager. It's not reall bad, but sometimes it isn't real easy either!
Oh, Shawna! If I dared tell you some of the things my kid did! (She's 11 now, and would KILL me if I posted anything like I'm thinking of posting!)
What motivates a kid to do something like that...? Gee, usually when I asked that question, I was locked in the bathroom, cigarette in one hand, the fingers of the other poised over the "911" button. Oh, and bawling my eyes out. I kept telling myself that the reason small children do insane things (that almost always take four hours to clean up, and question your ability to mother properly, not to mention wonder if there is "something wrong" with your child...) are some kind of independent learning experience for them.
Apparently, it's children without siblings, or that have siblings much older, that usually do the strangest things. Somebody once told me that they believed that children (especially those that haven't started school yet) may do odd things simply to find out what happens, or what it feels like, and that it is perfectly normal, no matter how bizarre it seems when it happens. They also mentioned that the reason we're not better prepared for this as parents is that usually no one tells people when their kids do weird things, out of embarassment. Since every kid is different, and at that age, they seldom have other kids to interact with, the "bizarreness" will be unique to the child, so we can't expect similar "bizarreness" between different kids.
I really hope you feel better knowing somebody else's kid has "planned to drive her mother nuts". That's EXACTLY what it feels like! Ty plastering Play-Doh around the living room sounds like more work than my Ky and her particular weirdness, but a lot less embarassing.
Maybe he will grow up to be a wonderful sculptor?
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