Surely if you are going to include a stage in human development that includes being a toddler, then why oh why would you also give the psychotic toddlers minds of their own!
Typical toddler behaviour seems to include:
Eating anything that is small enough to fit into ones mouth or that is soft enough to take a chunk out of ( in Elliot's case this includes a red nose he managed to get his hands on).
Touching anything and everything possible, I can not even begin to list the number of things he has grabbed or got hold of that he either has the potential to break or that has the potential to hurt him.
Running with no regard to ones own ability to actually run or any common sense about the safety of running in whatever direction they are going. Elliot has only just started to walk, so why does he think he can now run.
Climbing on anything its possible to climb on, and then promptly falling off generally straight onto his head.
Escaping at every opportunity possible, this can be escaping from me, his pushchair, highchair or even the bath if the mood takes him.
Pinching, grabbing or pulling at any living thing that is unlucky enough to get within reach, at the moment Elliot's very favourite is pulling hair and seeing how long he can hang on and listen to the screaming from his sisters.
Now giving a small child these abilities with no common sense or sense of danger is stupid enough, but why compound the situation. Is this not bad enough, apparently no, he also needs his own mind, so we add to the above tantrums, screaming and getting very angry when he can't have what he wants, from going into the car seat, to refusing to let him play with knives, to trying to stop him destroying things, everything now is a running battle.
Its exhausting chasing a toddler all day long, so why add the screaming, wailing and gnashing of teeth anger and despair that takes place when he can't get his own way.
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