He’s going to be 4
Well, the oldest is about to be 4 and I can’t believe it. This is partly due to time flying. It has been a long 2 years here. It doesn’t seem like it’s time to move yet, but we are soon. Though, it has been an eventful 2 years I still can’t believe he is going to be 4. When we got here he wasn’t even 2 yet. He was still in diapers (still is at night) and he barely talked. The most talking he did was a tiny bit of English and I think more butchered baby German. He had a German sitter from 10months up until we moved here. He used to be so good and well behaved. I miss those days. He is wild and out of control most of the time now. This I blame a lot on his old daycare teacher that let him do what he wanted all day. But now, my child is a terror. I swear there are days that it’s only because of our self control and good grace he survives. Then there is the part where the child has no fear! I mean no fear at all when it comes to climbing, jumping, running and sticking his fingers or limbs in places. Yes, I said limbs. I think it was just two weeks ago and the child got his arm stuck in a shopping cart, while he was sitting in it. I had to take a deep breath and stay calm while we were trying to get his arm out. There was a minute that I wasn’t sure it was going to come back out on its own. I had this picture of firemen and metal cutters going through my head. Wondering how I was going to explain this to my husband (who I still don’t think I have told) and store. This is part of why I hate to go shopping with the kids. He will climb out of the carts in a heartbeat. I know everyone thinks I didn’t buckle him in and that I am a bad mom when they see it. Well, buckles are good and do help keep them safe. But, there comes a point when they learn how to undo the buckles. His new thing is when you put a harness on him that buckles in the back, he will wiggle and wiggle until he can get his arms out, slide it down and step out of it. I get dirty looks for the harness a lot and I don’t care. He is a runner! The last time we went to the mall I put the harness on him and as soon as we got in the mall he took off for a photo booth. He forgot that he had the harness on and jerked me and the baby with him. It was like pulling a dog into a vet clinic that doesn’t want to go. I must say it was one of the few times that I got smiles and sympathetic looks. I smiled back and said “And that’s why we have a harness.” Then I think about all the other close calls we had and am amazed that we haven’t had an ER trip for some kind of injury yet. So, yes my baby is the oldest now and isn’t a baby anymore and is going to be 4. I still can’t believe it.
