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When everyone has a bad day
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Published: October 22, 2009
Whether you blame it on the full moon, too little sleep the night before or too much sugar for breakfast, every mom knows that kids just have bad days.
When that kid is 5 and grumpy, his bad day can quickly become your very, very bad day.
And when his bad day coincides with a totally-out-of food, have-to-grocery-shop afternoon, it can be a downright nightmare. (Yes, I am speaking from experience. And, yes, that was me pulling out my hair in the grocery store with the screaming child crammed into the baby part of the buggy because he was incapable of not hitting his brother every time I turned my back.)
But it wasn't just at the store. The whole day has consisted of meltdowns and tantrums, most over things that on a good day wouldn't have even warranted a single tear.
In no particular order, today my child has sobbed, screamed and sulked over the following:
A shoe that wouldn't go on his foot;
A lace on said shoe that, once the shoe was on, came untied;
The favorite shorts weren't in his drawer;
His brother kept walking near him;
I wouldn't allow him to buy cinnamon roll cookie bars;
His brother's free cookie at the store had more orange sprinkles;
He didn't want to go to soccer practice;
No. Wait. He HAD to go to soccer practice;
And, last but not least, it all just wasn't fair.
I have to agree with him on that point. Kids should be like the weather — you'd get a 10-day forecast so you could prepare for the storms ahead. Even 15 minutes of warning — like a severe weather alert — would be helpful. It would probably sound something like this:
"We have reports of irrational behavior and poor coping skills ahead. Take cover ... and consider wearing earplugs."
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