James has been a bit grumpy lately, which might be blamed on one of three things, or a combination thereof:
1) Lots of new teeth coming in at once,
2) The frustration of knowing that he can climb on the kitchen table, counter, desk, etc., but is constantly prevented from doing so by mean mean Daddy, or
3) He thinks crying will actually get him what he wants (he is very very wrong).
According to everyone we know who has kids, the grumpiness is normal - the proverbial "terrible twos" are just a little early. We are trying to help him avoid frustrations as much as possible, but the unfortunate fact is that there are things he is not allowed to do. Things that will hurt him, things that do not belong to him, and activities that violate state and federal law are all no-nos. Hopefully he will learn that soon; right now, he just thinks Mommy and Daddy are mean.
He does have a lot of fun at the pool, however, so we go down there several times a week. He's very comfortable in the water now, which means he'll probably love the beach next week.
Last weekend Mommy's co-worker Anne brought her daughter Jenna, who is about a year older than James. They had tremendous fun playing at the pool, the playground, and in James's room. James isn't quite as fast as Jenna, but he enjoyed trying to keep up with her.
We had our first babysitter (other than Grandma) this week. Mommy had school stuff, and Daddy had some projects at Grandma and Grandpa's house, so Mommy's co-worker Laura stayed with James. James thought Laura was great; he's pretty sick of Daddy by now. Mommy and Daddy were a little worried about leaving him, but he didn't mind at all. We probably won't need a sitter very often, but it's nice to know James is okay with the idea.
