Terrible twos

It's official. I moved past denial and on toward acceptance. If the constant stream of "NO!" coming out of his mouth didn't give it away, then certainly the tantrums are a clear indication. Joshua his finally done it...he's entered the terrible twos, which leads me to question my parenting skills on a daily basis. Perhaps a visual would be of use? When he begins it's like he has a comorbid diagnosis of Autism and Seizure disorder. When the tantrum first starts he begins violently jumping up and down while flapping his hands at a fervent pace. After about 10 or so seconds of this, he drops to the floor on his knees, and then violently crashes face first into the floor. His body then starts convulsing, so you think that surely he's swallowed his tongue at this point. But no, not at all. If you just give him a little time (that could be any where from one minute to one hour), then he'll sit up, on his own and without prompting say in a calm sweet voice, "I torry mommy. I wanna listen." All the while I'm left dumb founded thinking WTF?!?!?!?! Mind out of the gutter people...I'm saying freak.

Don't know how I got off on this little rant (I mean tangent). It just seems that my child spends more time with his face plastered to the floor and voice echoing off the ceiling than he does playing with toys or even eating. Now I must admit it's quite entertaining, except when we're out in public, of course.


Just to be clear, we have an AWESOME kid. He does sweet things all the time. Lke when he kissed me today for no reason. Or when he told me "toes er eyes mommy" and then handed me a peppermint. Or at night when he says "Hold my body mommy, hold it tight" when he wants to cuddle. At times he is so darn cute that I could just eat him with a spoon! He tries to help me clean and brings me a bandaid when I get hurt. He really is a sweet kid...I'm just hoping his self-induced seizure espisodes end soon:)!