I recently suggested to Lilly that waking up grumpy, in a foul and disdainful mood, being unable to communicate coherently or even acknowledge someone else’s existence in the room is a learned trait. That an individual acquires the way he or she acts upon waking. I didn’t really elaborate though. What I didn’t think of to say at the time was that feeling like shit upon waking is not learned, although the way one portrays those feeling of shittiness is…in part anyway.
But recent developments around my house has cast doubts about that former theory of mine. Is it possible that people are inherently assholes upon waking up? Because now that my boy is 2.5, he is a complete and utter ass when he wakes up half the time. For demonstration purposes, I have captured a recent episode of his inherited, I mean inherent behavior. If he keeps this up, we might just have to start him on coffee a few years early.
But I can’t help but wonder if he may be getting me back for waking him up like this.
Monday, October 25
Wakey Wakey Eggs And Bacey
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Lovin' it!! It's such a totally 2 year old thing to do! Everything is "no!"
I think that being allowed to be grouchy and mean to others around you just so that no one has to deal with you is wrong.
You can still be grumpy but you just dont have to take it out on others.
In my opinion. Then again I am a morning person.and I dont give in to my kids just so they dont throw a tantrum.
That's pretty grumpy! Our 16-month old twins, who used to wake up giggling and singing, have started to wake up crying now. It's a bummer.
Deanna I bet your kid is older than two now huh? Only the parent of a post-two year old could be excited about that.... ")
Yeah I hear ya Kitty, but I'm not sure the wife actually allows it, she just has to live with it...
Hey Beta, it's great huh, when they wake up and just want to be all gooey with you. Welllll, it starts slow, then BAAM, what oncw was, is no longer. Doh.
That's awesome. The Mini-Kamp is in a quasi-big girl bed now and gets herself up and comes in to our room. Then we have to deal with kamikaze snuggling for about 30 minutes. This morning though I put my back to her and she beat me with her feet. Best massage in years.
Allready huh. I could wait another 2.5 years to even attempt a real bed for the boy.... How tough was it to get her to stay in her bed?
Sounds like to me, he's not ready to get up yet... LOL.
Oh, dude. I feel your pain. There's a saying in our house: Don't wake the bear. We came up with that bit of trite idiocy a few months after our son was born, and now when we say it, we say it with an edge of fear in our voices. It's more like a warning than a mantra.
It might get better. My son is now a truly annoying morning person who bounds out of bed (he just started leaving his bed on his own volition at age 4) and comes merrily Tiggering in to see us at the ungodly hour of 7:30am. I bought him an alarm clock that's supposed to keep him in bed until 8am. It works. Sometimes. But he's still liable to explode and melt down if you say no to any of his requests ("Can we build a real, live rocket ship and go to the moon today, Momma?") within the first half hour of the day.
My daughter is a grumpy morning person like her mother, unless she's allowed to sleep until eight, then she's a tour de force (like her mother).
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