The other day Grace took Bryan to visit our neighbor and her cats. Before they left, Bryan refused to return one of those cat toy feathers. His excuse? He wanted it for one of our cats! While he was holding on to the toy, he kept saying “Wawa… Wawa…”
And as soon as they walked in the door, I heard Bryan screaming “Wawa! Wawa!” while victoriously waving the feather in the air. I guess now we enter the stage of “possession” when they start to form the idea of ownership. But we are more interested in the fact that Bryan has learned to use other objects to play with our cats and having a lot of fun doing it.
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Young toddlers — they are so cute and cuddly when they behave. But when they have tantrums, I swear they must be mini-devils sent to earth to make adults suffer. A couple of days ago I had a “debug-a-thon” for 16 hours straigt… 12 of which working with clients via emails and IM… And just when I felt like I could finally take a breather and go to bed at 4AM, guess who decided he had enough sleep? My “boss”.
After spending almost an hour entertaining him, I finally “ran out” of good mood and started getting impatient with him… That’s when Grace stepped in and took over.
I guess good parenting also means good collaboration between the parents. Grace and I try to take turns to make sure we are in best of our moods when Bryan’s around. If one of us starts to feel fatigue having spent a lot of time with him, the other person can usually tell and grabs Bryan giving the first parent a break. On that, we have GREATEST respect for single parents! Or… heck, stay-at-home moms/dads who are along with kids ALL DAY!