Play-Learn-Grow-Repeat

From Monday Mom – Neetika:
I think it’s hilarious when babies cry. Yes, I’m a terrible person. It’s just that the vast majority of the time an older baby wails about something, it’s just not that big of a deal. This is especially true of my usually very happy baby boy. Hudson is easy like Sunday morning—unless he’s getting tired. Then you better watch out.

The other night, Haley took out her Crayola markers for some evening coloring time. Naturally, Hudson wanted in on this. He picked up a marker, with the cap on, and put it in his mouth. His father gently said, “Hudson, what do you have there? No, no, no.” Hudson lost it!

Usually Hudson is rather rough-and-tumble, but he also broke down after gently sitting down on a small dollhouse lamp. When I briefly left the living room and he was alone with a friend of mine from out of town for all of 15 seconds: waterworks.

The one moment I didn’t find his crying so funny that night was when I finally put him down for bed. He was overtired by then, so it took him a few minutes to settle down. I hate hearing him upset when he’s alone in his room, but I know going to him is the worst thing I can do. I’d have to rock him for a long time, which might not even work, and would push back Haley’s bedtime too far. I know at that point he needs to go to sleep quickly, so I have to let him sort himself out.

It’s important to keep your sense of humor when you’re dealing with your kiddos. But at the end of the day, your crying baby is still just your baby.