This picture pretty much sums it up.
Wow tonight was rough! Our little Diego cried and cried and cried while we were trying to get him to sleep. The last few days he has had the stomach bug but today he was feeling much better and it showed through his behavior. From about the time he turned 8 to 9 months he has been pretty unbearable at times. He started throwing fits and hasn't stopped. For several months now my almost 15 month old baby has been spitting, biting, hitting and basically freaking out when he doesn't get his way. I have never had a child do this at this age. I keep wondering where he has picked up on this behavior. We have never been a hitting or spitting family and he doesn't go to daycare and besides church he is never around kids his own age. When he is not participating in his naughty behavior he is pretty much hanging on me crying all day.It makes it so hard to get anthing done.
Geez I may have just answered my own question as to why he is acting this way. His behavior has taken a lot of patience to deal with. More than I feel like I have sometimes. Tonight was one of those moments.
After Carlos and I got him to bed and took a little breather we decided we had better say our prayers. Carlos had me say it and I specifically asked Heavenly Father to help us have patience and understanding for our little man. I also asked us to remember that he probably feels frustrated and a little lonely being the "little guy" in a house of giants.
When we finished, Carlos and I just looked at each other and smiled. I told him that while I was saying the prayer something reminded me that it wasn't all that long ago that him and I were praying nightly for God to send us this little miracle.
I'm glad I remembered that. Perhaps it was the Holy Ghost giving us a gentle reminder of just how blessed we are. He along with our other four children truly are miracles and answers to our prayers.
Even in their moments or difficult situations they truly bless our lives. Sometimes they require us to have more patience at times but they are still precious gifts from our Heavenly Father.
1 comment:
Love this! My little Kaycee was up last night from 1:40 until 6:00 in the morning. She was finally sleeping like a baby when I had to get up and get Cyd out the door and get things ready for preschool. It was so frustrating! But I kind of had the same thought, that I am one lucky girl to get to be a mom, and I don't want to take any of my kids for granted, not for 1 day, not even for 1 minute!
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