I am Josie.
Sometimes I am oppositional.
Like when Meema said I was doing a good job using my spoon.
So I had to eat the rest of my yogurt with the little end of the spoon.
Yesterday I ate my oatmeal with my fingers.
Also, sometimes I have to yell NONONONO!
Meema calls it a tantrum if I lie on the floor and kick and say NONONO.
I don't do that very often--just when Meema is being difficult.
I
also change my mind a lot.
I
want noodles.
I
don’t eat noodles.
I
want yogurt.
I
don’t want yogurt.
I
want to go to the library.
I
don’t want to go to the library.
I
don’t want to go home.
I
want to stay at the library.
If I fall down and yell, Meema walks away. Then I get up and go to the car with her.
It is kind of a game. After all, I’m not quite two and a half years old.
There’s a name for that: Terrible twos. Meema looked on her computer and it said that temper tantrums are a common and developmentally appropriate behavior for children under three.
It also said that after three, I will be more able to use words to express my frustration.
I am practicing those words.
There are some I should not say so I say DAGNABBIT!
Or SUGAR! Also the computer said that when I am three, I will behave in more socially acceptable ways. We’ll see.
