15 MONTHS OLD

Isn't it strange, people say to you "make the most of now, they are only young once".  I know this, I think most people know this.  Are they just trying to have a conversation, give advice, be annyoing?  I know time has flown by with my lil man and it was all worth every tantrum (on both our parts), sleepless night, food thrown in my eye/ear/nose/hair & the dogs eye/ear/tail/mouth.

Recently though my lil man has gone through so many changes it sometimes blows me away.  A couple of months ago he couldn't walk, talk, stack things, build things with blocks or understand anything I said really.  Now he does all of the above.  He also RUNS :) I love it.

Another thing HEAPS of people kept telling me was "wait untill he's walking, you will wish he didn't.  OMG it's so much harder!!"  It is......NOT!  I love the fact that I can put him down now and he will walk to where we need to go, I can get to a friends house and put him down after getting out of the car and he walks INDEPENDENTLY to the front door.  Yes he gets into more things, yes he is quicker and yes it's busier but it is so much more fun :)  (Also my back is very grateful for the extra rest it now gets)

Another recent thing is pointing with an added uh uh uh uh.  Meaning "that thing Mum, I'm pointing to it, I want it and if I don't get it you will be sorry, try it, go on, try saying no to me oh dear Mother".  Sometimes it will be a lightswitch that he just wants to turn off and on and off and on and off and on....you get the picture.  Other times I will walk in the direction that he is pointing and when we get there he will FLING his arm in the other direction totally changing his mind.  So we go back and forth and back and forth to different items untill I give up and put him down....."I told you you would be sorry oh dear Mother, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hu hu hu hu waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" And it begins......the Tantrums.

Although I laugh at most tantrums (yea yea, I know I shouldn't) it must be so hard in their little brains.  They want something, it's not that hard, but some things are not baby friendly and they have to learn.  Like......scissors, not the best choice of toy to play with and "how did you actually get those Mr......no come here......get them out of your mouth!!!"  (this only happened once and no children or tongues were harmed in the process I promise)  How about all your photos albums.  You know what I'm talking about, the ones you have on your book case that he can just reach and you have already moved up a shelf to stop him getting them.  He loves it when I take them off him (sarcasm ya think?), especially when I have a tiny meltdown because I was gone for a few seconds and he has actually chewed the one of me and my brother that is a ONE AND ONLY COPY.

Anyway, we will get there.  And I wouldn't change a thing.  It can be hard work but it is the most rewarding job in the world being a mum.  Rip your hair out kind of rewarding sometimes and melt your heart into a million pieces kind, but rewarding all the same :)

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