Reliving his good old days
Let me give you parents of more than one child a little advice: it might seem like a good idea to send one of your children off to stay with Grandma and Grandpa for a few days so you can give one of your other children some undivided attention. That would actually be a HORRIBLE idea.
Don't get me wrong, while you only have the one child, you will have life so easy you would encourage the grandparents to keep the other child a little longer. You will relax at the playground instead of hyperventilating because you have lost sight of a child -- you only have one to watch, how could you possibly take your eyes off him? You will let the child in your care choose the activities and meals and just about everything else because there's no one to fight with over who does what and when.
But then the other child will come home. And you will be overjoyed to have the other child home. Except you will be the only one who feels that way. The child who spent the last few days reliving his only-child past will be pissed. Very, very pissed.
The behavior in my house this last 36 hours has been off-the-charts horrible. Pushing, shoving, hitting, tantrums and fits. Poor Emmie. Welcome home sister dear, let me show you how much I missed you with a shove to the ground where you hit your head on the hardwood floor and cry for 10 solid minutes.
School starts Monday. Oh thank you all that is right with the world, school starts on Monday. Emmie shares my views. She'll just be the one sporting her bike helmet for the rest of the weekend in case Jack gets any urges to introduce her to the floor again.
Don't get me wrong, while you only have the one child, you will have life so easy you would encourage the grandparents to keep the other child a little longer. You will relax at the playground instead of hyperventilating because you have lost sight of a child -- you only have one to watch, how could you possibly take your eyes off him? You will let the child in your care choose the activities and meals and just about everything else because there's no one to fight with over who does what and when.
But then the other child will come home. And you will be overjoyed to have the other child home. Except you will be the only one who feels that way. The child who spent the last few days reliving his only-child past will be pissed. Very, very pissed.
The behavior in my house this last 36 hours has been off-the-charts horrible. Pushing, shoving, hitting, tantrums and fits. Poor Emmie. Welcome home sister dear, let me show you how much I missed you with a shove to the ground where you hit your head on the hardwood floor and cry for 10 solid minutes.
School starts Monday. Oh thank you all that is right with the world, school starts on Monday. Emmie shares my views. She'll just be the one sporting her bike helmet for the rest of the weekend in case Jack gets any urges to introduce her to the floor again.
Labels: Emmie, Jack, Sibling Relations
posted by Amy at
10:30 PM
4 Comments:
Oh that sucks. I don't ever remember my parents taking just me or my sister to the g-rents for a weekend...I remember them offloading us both on the g-rents at the same time though...
poor Emmie. If it's any comfort to you, it's the same thing here. Jordyn wants to hug and kiss Ethan when he gets off the bus from school, but instead all he does is annoy her. The house is quiet all day, and then when he gets home, the bickering begins.
oh poor Emmie! Hopefully the start of school will give her a bit of a break!
Poor little thing! I think school will be good for everybody. That seems to be the story here.
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