dadonymous

It’s remarkable how much my son is really trying my patience lately.  On one hand he’s at that perfect age where he’s putting things together to learn more complex concepts, he’s figuring things out by himself, his sense of humor is really coming out, and he’s developing his personality.  On the other hand, he’s developing his personality.

It turns out he can be a little shit sometimes.

I know, that’s no surprise.  My daughter has had her moments too (still does, as a matter of fact), but my son is picking bad habits up at school much more than E ever did, and it’s really trying my patience.  Or maybe they’re just boy things, I don’t know.

Last night was his turn to pick what was for dinner – he picked pizza, so great, we knew he’d eat it.  After a kiwi, one TINY sliver of pizza (about 1/4 of a slice), and one molecule of broccoli, he got himself a gogurt.  After a couple of squeezes, he squirted it on his plate and began fingerpainting, so he lost it (his plate).  When he realized what I was doing, he lost it (his mind).

His freakout was impressive, and he ended up throwing his bowl across the table at me.  He’s been pushing his dishes around lately when he gets mad (the teacher said he does it at school, too), so I confiscated it and told him his dinner was over.  He spent the next 5 minutes throwing a major tantrum in his room, calmed down enough for me to go get him so he could keep us company at the table, and as soon as he came out he screamed, “Dad, you’re poopy!”

Back to the room, another 10 minutes of full-on tantrum, and dinner was over.  He could come out again.

What’s odd is that he didn’t care once dinner was over.  He didn’t seem hungry (and I know he didn’t eat lunch), so I have no idea what’s going on in his head.  I swear, sometimes that kid drives me bonkers!  To paraphrase Louis C.K., “I love my kid very much, but he’s a fucking asshole.”

Damn Louis CK is funny.

The good thing about this is that in the last couple of months I have more patience than I ever have before.  Throughout all of his episodes like this, I find it MUCH easier to deal with than E ever was.  I don’t know what it is about her that makes me lose my temper so easily…I’d have guessed the boy would make me crazier.

Of course, I have 15 more years until he’s out.