did you say terrible twos?

APPARENTLY there is a handbook on how to act like a Two-year-old and Christian read it cover to cover before I could. This kid can throw an tantrum like nobody's business. One weekend we were home and I think Rich dared to mention sitting down to eat dinner to Christian. He LOST it. Started yelling and running around the house(in his diaper and a t-shirt I believe). Eventually, because we kept trying to talk to him and calm him down, he escaped to our screen porch; still yelling and crying. The yelling and crying quickly escalated to a screaming of NO NO NOOOOO our into our backyard. I peeked out to see that he was standing in the corner behind a chair looking into the yard and just yelling. At nothing. OK then. Rich and I just looked at each other and shrugged. No playbook on this one.

This morning he threw another nutty because he thought I was leaving the house. He was down on all fours SCREAMING and whacking himself in the head. Again...WHOA!

This afternoon we went to the ENT to check in on Christian's tubes. He has never liked this visit because it involves laying very still and two year old pretty much don't do that so he has to be held down. In my opinion, I don't blame him for being upset. In preparation for this, I told him he could bring Monkey, hoping that would be good for consoling him and possibly avoiding a spectacle. Boy was I wrong. As soon as the chair started moving to get it to the height necessary he started squirming. THen I had to basically lay on him to hold his body down while the nurse (who luckily is a very large woman with HUGE hands) held his head down. (again... I don't blame him for being upset) Que waterworks, bloodcurdling screaming and body flailing. In the middle of the exam (total time..2 minutes) the nurse says...oh yeah...I remember him now. I said "oh yeah? He's never screamed this loud before!" As she walked out, she said "Good thing I work for an ear doctor!" Dr. Wilson was happy to report that Christian's ears look great...his vocal cords are in tip-top shape as well.