Gah

Hey, newsflash. Toddlers can be really obnoxious. SHOCKING.

So, you know how a two year old has that special way of shrieking "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" at exactly the right frequency to melt your brain? Yeah, Micah's picked that up in the last week or two. Usually he's a fairly biddable, happy child, but every now and again, especially when we're transitioning from one activity to another, a switch flips somewhere in his cheerful little toddler mind and out comes that shriek. And at that point, no matter how calm I was in the previous moment, I swear to god, I can actually feel my eyes catch on fire.

We're still feeling our way towards the best way of dealing with this, and I think we're approaching a good, consistent solution (not a shock collar, I promise). But holy crap, it never ceases to amaze me how one tiny little person, whom I love more than life itself, can take me from doting parental affection to I will squish you like a bug if that noise doesn't stop in two seconds flat.