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Buddy’s birthday brought out both the best behavior in him, but also the worst.
The worst arrived when it was time to share his gifts with his friends. At one point, I scooped him up, threw him over my shoulder, and carried him up to his bedroom, kicking and screaming. After a few threats of sending everyone home and giving away all of his new toys, he finally calmed down enough to play with his friends again.
Thankfully, that bad behavior was short-lived.
Buddy’s best behavior was evidenced by him saying “thank you” more times in that single day than I think I’ve ever heard him say. At the end of the very long day (our last guests left just before midnight), he crawled into my lap, told me thank you, and said that he loved me very much. That’s huge for my normally very reserved child.
Hearing heartfelt thank you’s and I love you’s makes all the hard work and a little bit of bad behavior worthwhile.
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Those sweet moments always make up for the bad.
My son has made me proud quite a few times this week, but it’s not always good. What is it with boys?!
It’s hit or miss with the boys…and mostly miss.
What a sweetie:) My boys usually have trouble sharing their birthday toys, so we normally don’t even open the new stuff until all the guests are gone!
Waiting to open the gifts is a good idea! I never thought of that.
It is hard wanting to share when it is all new stuff. Heck what grown up wants to share their new toys?
. And yes, the thank yous and joy helps us remember why we go through all of the trouble.
It is hard to share those toys…but, I tried to remind him that in a few short weeks, he’ll be attending his friend’s party and I know he’ll want a chance to play with the new stuff too. That helped a little.
Birthdays…tough stuff. Generally, difficult for littles. For your child to show gratitude is an excellent moment. I applaud you.
Thank you!
It’s always nice to see your little one learning what it means to be thankful.
Boo on the temper fit,
Yea on the good behavior!
Even the best kids get overwhelmed and overstimulated at a big birthday blowout!
Isn’t that true!! I’m just glad he remembered to say sincere thanks for everything he received.
Birthdays can be so overwhelming for kids! But thankfully their sweet moments make up for the rough moments!!
Their sweet moments MOSTLY make up for the rough ones. LOL He’s lucky he has some sweet moments in him for all the rough ones he puts us through!
I have a theory that when a kid has a super-duper fun day… it’s the perfect storm to cause a behavior meltdown… am I right??? I think every mom here knows how that goes!
Oh yeah! Your theory is spot on. It’s always when you’re trying to do something nice/fun for them too.
Why is it that kids can drive you batty and make you burst w/ pride all within a new minutes ?!
They are so good at that, aren’t they??
It’s always nice to hear a “thank you”! Sometimes Daisy puts her hands on my cheeks and says “you’re my angel mommy”! LOL
Aww! Daisy is such a sweetie. Just remember that when she makes you want to pull your hair out when she’s a teen.