I thought we had it made when Emma sailed through the terrible twos without it being too terrible. I was completely taken unawares by the treacherous threes! Everything is her way- even after she screams and cries for help. "No, I can do it myself." Why ask for help then??
There was a stretch of no naps, which just made the tantrums and whining pretty much constant. When we ask her to please stop whining she replies, "but I like to whine and cry." What can you say to that?? At her conference at the end of March, her preschool teacher said, "Emma never cries or is upset here." Are we talking about the same Emma? According to some other moms and my doctor, this is normal behavior. They save all their frustrations for at home. Lucky me! (But I would rather have to deal with it then her teachers.)
As you can imagine, I was not really inspired to write about the daily battles or have to read them again later. :)
Things have sort of settled down a bit now thankfully. Emma is back to being the sweet little girl that she is. This morning she told me that she was fussing and crying when Daddy left because she loves him so much that she didn't want him to go to work. Too cute.
She has become more fond of playing outside now that the weather is sometimes better than during March. Nanie sent her new clothes and a home-made backpack. We can hardly get the dresses washed fast enough to keep up with her. Today was the first day she remembered to take the back pack to preschool. I can only imagine the tales she will tell anyone who listens!
