My sweet little piglet has been abducted by aliens! What other explanation could there be?
Ah, yes...I think I read about this somewhere...he's two! I don't think I'm handling this "new" developmental stage very well...and honestly, I don't much care for it either...Yes, of course there are moments of complete adorableness, followed by many, many moments of "Could I sell him on ebay?"...I have found myself having to leave the room on occasion, because I can't contain my surfacing laughter, and I really don't a) what him to know I'm laughing at him, b) encourage hysterical behavior that will surely send me to the mad house when it's repeated and repeated...
He now says "NO"...but it's not your typical, "NO", it's like he is a small bear that is really, really pissed and has swallowed a frog..."NOOOOOO"....can you hear it? I hate it...and you get this answer for asking a horribly intrusive question like, "O, would you like some chocolate milk with breakfast?"...
I think I'm in trouble. Or Joe is, as a sabbatical in Paris for 18 years is looking more and more appealing..."WHAT can I do to make this dream of mine into a reality???"
The "uhhhhhhhhhhhhh"....whining has started...not terrible yet, but I am getting a taste of how incredibly suicidal this sound will make me...
By contrast, his tenderness at times makes me feel so completely loved that I have never experience anything like it...he will come up to me, or reach out to me when we are laying down together and caress my face and gaze into my eyes...He will say "I wuv YOU!" after I tell him I love him...so sweet this little alien of mine...
2 comments:
1 - that picture could be you.
2 - I have 0 advise but I am sure that you will survive and that the scale in the end will always tip towards the precious moments.. grrr
actually, if I may speak from my experience, it's a long slog. the aliens return the old kid sometime around 4.5-5 years of age, if my faulty memory serves me right. the only consolation i can offer is that he will save the worst of this lovely self-defining behavior for the parents, nobody else will really get what you're talking about "but he's so cute, so well behaved!" the other disturbing thing is that the old tricks that worked so well (giving him 2 choices that both worked for you, using a little reverse psychology) will stop working, turns out he will get smarter, much smarter than you, and very very fast. Attached you will find several packets of support vibes. have fun :)
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