It’s conference this weekend, and a friend of mine, Kate, mentioned taking a few questions and keeping them in mind as you listen to conference, to look for answers. So I’ve been reflecting on that. I’m challenging anyone who’s listening to conference this weekend to bring some questions in your life right now and see if you get a little more out of conference.
It’s been a hard few days with Aiden. He’s been really pushing the limits and having lot of tantrums. He’s a very trying child, at the moment there isn’t a joint from my shoulders to my finger tips that doens’t hurt from my daily struggles to keep him safe and to get him into his car seat on our many daily runs to take people to and from work and school and other errands. I’m afraid my tendinitis is flaring up from it and I’m afraid soon I won’t be able to function my responsibilities and keep him safe, he just doesn’t think before he runs, and I occasionally have to pull against him so hard my fingers go numb.
He goes through all of the cupboards between meals and snacks, often dumping out the contents all over and stomping on it. Today he and Michael were having a tug-of-war over Joey with his blanket… I just don’t know what to do. I could stay home all day every day but that woudn’t help. I’m just tired and glad its the weekend and I’ll have Kevin’s help for the next couple days. Hopefully he’ll grow out of his need to run away or we’ll move somewhere soon where I don’t have the stairs and balcony bars a foot apart, that would make my life 100% easier.
Wow, I can’t imagine having to deal with stairs and balcony bars…good luck with Aiden. Hopefully, he’ll grow out of this phase quickly.
Oh, I can completely empathize with you about the food rummaging. Alex and Ben have smashed eggs and dumped whole gallons of milk on the floor more times than I can remember. It’s hard having all boys sometimes. 🙂