I asked this question yesterday on Twitter. I wasn’t looking for an answer I was just kind of venting a little bit. She turned 2 a couple weeks back and instantly we had to implement time-out because her little baby crying episodes turned into full-blown temper tantrums with ear piercing shrieking, stomping, hitting and falling to the floor. Yesterday’s episode actually made me laugh. It was lunchtime and she asked for banana, no biggie, I gave her one. The second I put it in her hand she walked over to the trash can to toss it. I grabbed it and said no. The switch was flipped and the freak out began.

At that moment my phone rang and it was one of my best friends who I haven’t talked to and I didn’t want to blow her off. I went to the basement, closed the door behind me and proceeded to talk for a few minutes. My friend could hear Shae screaming the whole time and laughed it off, she has kids and knows how it can be . I felt bad because I had to cut the conversation a little short but I had to deal with Shae. I opened the basement door and she calmed down and asked for the banana again. I asked her if she was going to eat it and she said YES very enthusiastically. The switch was turned off. That quickly it was all over. I deal with this craziness everyday. I try to stay calm and console her if she’s upset or put her in time-out if she’s being mean but I really wanted to lock myself in the basement for the rest of the day.

Look at this sweet face, it’s the devil in disguise.