When You Have One Of Those Days

When you have a day where your toddler...

• Draws on her shirt with a sharpie that you swear she pulled out of thin air
• Throws a tantrum every time you tell her to get in her car seat
• Asks for paper, you say "which color?", she says "all of them," you say "no," she cries for an hour
• Grabs a poopy (infant) diaper out of the trash can
• Doesn't want to nap in her new Big Girl bed
• Pulls all of the clothes out of her dresser and throws them on the floor
• Dumps her macaroni all over the kitchen and then screams when the dog eats it
• Covers her brothers face with a blanket over and over after specifically being told not to

And you find yourself wondering...

• Why on earth you became a parent
• Whether or not you will survive the next 16 years
• Whether or not the hospital has a return policy 

You should remind yourself that...

• This is not normal behavior
• She probably is sick

It was a little more obvious today, the day after, when she climbed into bed (on her own) at 10:30am, saying "my tummy's sick," and slept straight through until 4:30pm. It was one of those occasions when I was actually grateful for illness as it offered some explanation for my parenting meltdown from the previous day!