Baby to Toddler/Boy & Some Frustrations

The past few weeks have marked a milestone in Aedan’s toddler-hood. He is now 16 months old. He has begun to put together sentences in his baby gibberish (so cute) and now everything he says sounds like he is asking a question that none of us can decipher. Poor little guy gets frustrated with us when we can’t figure out what he wants. Dang he is smart! I mean think about it. He knows that we aren’t telling him or giving him what he wants so he literally gets mad. Lol (again, so cute).


But along with talking he is so much more active. There was a day last week when he really showed me how much of a handful he can be. In one day he bounced his ball repeatedly against the wall, played in the dog food, played in the kitty litter, fell and busted his lip TWICE, all of this in between his usual running around. But I didn’t mind.

And he knows everyone’s names now and can say each on queue. My heart melts when he says Mama. And of course, he calls my mom Mommy but I will let that one slide since he can’t say his Gs yet. (And also because it’s pretty cute. )

But along with all this cuteness has come some new frustrations. Our little one appears to have a temper and when he doesn’t get what he wants he throws himself down and has a fit, or hits a wall or couch nearby. Again, it’s cute but what does it mean? Does it mean he will grow up and not know how to manage his anger? How do I teach him to do so?

He also hasn’t been easy on Daddy and it’s getting to Mitchell—breaking his heart actually. He doesn’t want to kiss him anymore (which I have a feeling is because of his scruffy beard) and he often hits him. It’s been going on for a few weeks now and I know Mitchell is starting to take it personally. He is still a baby so I don’t know what to tell him. Hopefully, this is just a phase. But it was just a few weeks ago when I was at Karrie’s shower that they had the perfect day together and he fell asleep in Mitchell’s arms. I know he loves his Daddy but he wants to play with Mitchell not cuddle, and that may be hard for Mitchell to understand when all he wants to do is hug and kiss his baby boy.