1.
Toddlers are one big mess making factory. They can stand still in an empty white room and still figure out how to make a HUGE FREAKING MESS! I sometimes think my Toddler has a magnet for crap embedded in his body, so the minute he walks
through a room all kinds of crap comes flying out from every corner, and lands at his feet. Even though I watch
it happen, I cannot wrap my head around the fact that something so small can
completely wreck everything in 3.2 seconds!
2. Toddlers think everything is awesome... for five seconds. The attention span of a
toddler has to rival that of a blowfly. Every single new thing my toddler comes across is bad ass. He HAS to have it. Then five seconds later,
he is on to the next awesome thing.
3.
Feeding a toddler is like feeding a monkey. A picky, drunken monkey. Between
the flailing arms, the poor spoon/fork usage, the food launching and the
occasional bite that actually makes it into their mouth… yeah it's monkey business. Frustrating patience testing monkey business.
4.
Toddlers have NO use for clothing. – My kid thinks
shoes, pants and socks are the dumbest damn inventions. He
has no use for them. My toddler would prefer to
live as a free ballin’ nudist, and that’s all there is to it.
5.
Toddlers Have NO Shame. They will stop in the middle of a large
crowd to concentrate on crapping their pants. They will fart in the arms of President. (I bet at least one has done it
before… this year.) They will scream bloody she-is-kidnapping-me murder the
minute you pick them up to leave the park, and best wishes to those that think
errands will be run in a timely clam orderly fashion. They have no shame, and are happy to prove it.
6.
Toddlers are 24/7 wrecking balls. If you love something or it is just expensive, a
toddler will destroy it. DESTROY. IT. Again with the magnet theory. Toddlers have a homing beacon that seeks out expensive things, danger and trouble.
7.
Toddlers only have an ON switch.
The minute they learn something, that new function stays on! Walking, running, dancing, talking, repeating
bad words… they learn it, and Man, it's
SO ON!
8.
Toddlers like everything on repeat. I have read, and re-read, the same book for days in row. I have watched the
same Mickey Mouse Clubhouse shows so many times I know the
words. Why, yes, I have tried other
books and shows. He doesn’t want those, he wants his Trucks and Diggers book
read front to back, then back to front... OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Don’t even
get me started on the books with buttons, but only one button will do OVER AND
OVER AND OVER. I have also stood by while my toddler has gone up and down the
slide four hundred thousand times. Repeat I tell you. Repeat.
9.
To
a toddler, ‘No’ means proceed at your
own risk. They know better, but if they really want to do something, they are
going to do it. Toddlers invented the theory: It's far easier to ask forgiveness, than permission.
10.
Toddlers ensure that there is never a dull Day. EVER! For example: Yesterday morning we needed a few things from
the grocery. So I made my iced coffee,
got Ollie and I dressed, and left for the store. Once at the store, (shoes already off of course) the second I
unbuckled him from his car seat he lunged into the front seat, knocking my iced
coffee into my drivers seat, (MY seat!) then he sat in it to drive
the car. (Yes. Yes, I did want to shed a tear.) With no towels on hand, I used a diaper to sop up the coffee. Then, I turn my sights to him. Of course, while I was focused on cleaning up the coffee, he was climbing around
the car turning on every button and emptying out my bag. When I finally caught him, I somehow missed him
crapping his pants between leaving the house and that moment. Did I cry? No. Did I lose my temper? No. This is just another day in the
life of a parent of a toddler.
Call me certifiable, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's the teenage years I am afraid of...
