Both my children are very moody kids. Happy when things are going there way, and very upset if they don't get what they want. But isn't that the case with all kids? I try to be firm and direct in what I expect from my daughter. I ask her to put her toys away, or to brush her teeth, or to simply ask her to eat the meal that she exsplicitely begged me for,  for half an hour and yet she insists on fighting me every step of the way. These are simple things that a six year old should be doing right? And yet she acts as if I am asking her to solve world hunger or something. She breaks down and cries, and carries on like we asked her to scrub the floors with a toothbrush. I just don't get it. If I had carried on so, my mother would have whipped me, and I would never had acted that way again. Now my son also throws tantrums, but takes it another degree. He throws himself down with all his might, causing me to have mini heart attacks worrying about giving himself a concussion someday. I was at a friends house this weekend and i kid you not, I had to take Spencer out at least a dozen times to make sure he didn't kill himself on their glass table, or wood floor. Their son must not be as violent as mine, to actually have a metal and glass table in their livingroom, as their son is only 4 months younger than mine.

I find my son is more daring than his sister was. He is forever trying to climb on chairs and tables and grocery carts. He also has no fear of just climbing into the pool, or off high places. I guess he is defineately his mothers child. I was pretty daring as a child myself. I had stitches at least 3 times by the time I was 8. I am soooo greatful, he hasn't needed any. He also started walking long before his sister did. He took his first steps a week after his first birthday, where as his sister didn't start walking till she was 18 months. I had no big problem with that, but my mother-in-law thought this was very unusual, and bugged me about it all the time. I was so happy when Spencer started walking, because than my Monther-in-law would get off my back. But of course she has other things that bug her. Don't get me wrong, she is a nice lady, but a bit judgemental. But that is a whole other story.

Another thing is he hasn't started talking yet. My husband asked Spencer why he hasn't started talking yet. Sure like the kid's gonna start talking after a question like that? I told him boys take longer to talk than girls, but he tells me his friends son is talking and in Spanish no less, and he is 10 days younger than Spencer. Whats a mother to say about that? Well I guess if he doesn't pick up any words by January, I will talk to his Doctor. We might not think he is talking, but to him he is telling us whats going on. he grunts and yells in all kids of ways, we just don't know what it is he is saying.

So if anybody has some ideas, I will take them into consideration. Thank you for reading.