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Reassuring a mom anxious about her daughter's precarious walking ability that I didn't walk until 16 months is, perhaps, slightly less comforting when wearing a large ankle brace.
"Well, it's great that you've worked all the kinks out" is the wrong metaphor to use when discussing a relationship, generally speaking.
Mac has been throwing temper tantrums entirely connected to our refusal to let him model all adult things. Example #1: Taking money out of my wallet, being very possessive out of it, and then, strangely, attempting to throw it out the window (luckily we have the aforementioned screens.) #2: Getting very upset when _he_ wasn't allowed to write checks in the checkbook.
He also got extremely angry yesterday when I failed to be appropriately appreciative of all his hard work in carrying over a piece of his playfence next to the stereo table, wedging it against the wall to form a ramp of sorts, and scrambling up it so he could stand on the stereo table and start throwing CDs around.
Of course, he got a big bump and Totally Insignificant cut on his eyebrow from running into the TV table two days before my mother-in-law arrives.
New word-phrase of the day: "Lion Roar!"
And what about Eowyn? Well, she was being a very barky dog for a long while while CP was the only one walking her. Since I've been doing some walking again, we've been working on the training and it's been getting better. However, there is one odd new behavior I can't curb. She used to totally ignore our babysitter, who's not really a dog person. For the past few weeks, since our babysitter advanced to the stage in her pregnancy when the baby started kicking, however, every time she arrives Eowyn runs up to her excitedly and insists on sniffing and pushing her head right up against Y's belly. She's particularly insistent on Tuesdays when she hasn't seen the sitter for four days - it's like a checkup. This isn't really thrilling Y, although she understands what's going on.
Sometimes I do feel a bit sad that Eowyn will never get to have her own puppies.
"Well, it's great that you've worked all the kinks out" is the wrong metaphor to use when discussing a relationship, generally speaking.
Mac has been throwing temper tantrums entirely connected to our refusal to let him model all adult things. Example #1: Taking money out of my wallet, being very possessive out of it, and then, strangely, attempting to throw it out the window (luckily we have the aforementioned screens.) #2: Getting very upset when _he_ wasn't allowed to write checks in the checkbook.
He also got extremely angry yesterday when I failed to be appropriately appreciative of all his hard work in carrying over a piece of his playfence next to the stereo table, wedging it against the wall to form a ramp of sorts, and scrambling up it so he could stand on the stereo table and start throwing CDs around.
Of course, he got a big bump and Totally Insignificant cut on his eyebrow from running into the TV table two days before my mother-in-law arrives.
New word-phrase of the day: "Lion Roar!"
And what about Eowyn? Well, she was being a very barky dog for a long while while CP was the only one walking her. Since I've been doing some walking again, we've been working on the training and it's been getting better. However, there is one odd new behavior I can't curb. She used to totally ignore our babysitter, who's not really a dog person. For the past few weeks, since our babysitter advanced to the stage in her pregnancy when the baby started kicking, however, every time she arrives Eowyn runs up to her excitedly and insists on sniffing and pushing her head right up against Y's belly. She's particularly insistent on Tuesdays when she hasn't seen the sitter for four days - it's like a checkup. This isn't really thrilling Y, although she understands what's going on.
Sometimes I do feel a bit sad that Eowyn will never get to have her own puppies.
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I think Eowyn's behavior is rather sweet, although I can see how it is unhelpful. At least it is by definition a temporary situation?
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