The changeling appears
Tin has been an utter joy the past week, sweet, charming and full of good spirits. Quite an instant presto change-o from where we were just a mere week ago when I thought I was going to have to take the poison pill to get me out of his misery.
But toddlers are pretty transparent – if he doesn’t want to do something he will bite, kick, hit, and scream. Other adults I’ve known are not so obvious, when they don’t want to do something you want them to do they’ll lie, obfuscate, turn the tables on you, use passive aggressive techniques, disappear.
Honestly, toddlers have more sophistication than adults.
June 21st, 2011 at 8:57 pm
The best thing is that they usually don’t hold grudges! And they usually do turn into real humans in relatively few years!
June 22nd, 2011 at 9:22 am
Well I don’t want to rush into that – I can barely cradle him in my arms as it is and at my age he is me one and only and I most likely won’t see grandchildren – so I’m hoping it doesn’t speed by.