My little man Will turned THREE a few weeks ago. He literally found independence overnight. It is like he woke up on this third birthday and said, "from now on I will do EVERYTHING by myself. I am a big boy now!" My husband and I have had to rapidly adjust to this new found independence and help foster it. At first we resisted a little.
"Um, Will what are you doing with a chair pushed up to the refrigerator? The milk jug is too heavy for you!"
"You can't get ice by yourself! "
"Get down from that counter, you are going to fall."
But, I am happy to say we have figured out that it is best to just let him try and guide him along the way. Things also stay a lot more peaceful that way as he will fight us all the way if we try to hold him back.
Today, Will was resisting taking a nap. We had been back and forth about it and after 30 minutes of lying awake in his room, he came out and announced he needed to get a cup of water. I let him climb on the counter to get his own cup. I let him get his own ice. I helped lift him up so he could fill his cup with the filtered refrigerator water. Then, I gently tried to ease the lid onto his sippy cup so it wouldn't slop. Big mistake!
"Mommy!!!!! I want to do that by myself!!! I can put my own lid on!"
"I am sorry Will, I was just trying to help. Is there ANYTHING that you think you CAN'T do?" I asked, slightly exasperated.
He grinned a sheepish grin. "Yes, " he nodded. "I don't think I can TAKE MY NAP!"
Touche!
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that's just so cute!
Congratulations by the way.
Funny, I hear about the events in your life from Akash now a days.
We seriously need to catch up.
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