What a rough day. It all started out on a bad note. When I went into Gemma's room to get her this morning, she had taken her pants and diaper off and peed on the duvet. Then, we went to Ikea and on the way there, she screamed the entire time. Once we got there, she had three meltdowns, to the point where she was rolling on the ground and screaming, each time because I had said no to something. It is so embarrassing to have become one of "those moms" whose kids throw tantrums in public. What could I do other than just walk away from her (though with her still in my sight)? She has never done this before, so I didn't really know what to do... I had enough of her fits and we headed home pretty straight away and while she was better on the way home, she still had a conniption. Ikea is about half an hour from my house and she began to slowly pass out when we were about 2 minutes away. Once she got home, she was so wide awake and trying to get her to nap was a complete nightmare - but I was not gonna give into her and she eventually went down for her nap, even though she only slept 40 minutes.
She is turning two in 5 weeks, is really struggling with her last set of molars, AND she has a cold to boot. Probably going out wasn't the best idea and, I admit, I really struggled today to keep my cool. Once my mom came home from work, I had to get out of the house alone, just to keep from exploding.
Now that I'm finally starting to feel like I'm getting the hang of things with Leni, Gemma is giving me all sorts of new challenges... but I guess that's what parenting is... always a challenge.
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