What’s all the fuss about:

As my little one gets older, the more fussing tantrums have started to occur. She’s finally reached that stage where everything I am doing, or have is interesting to her and she must have it. It first started out with my phone, I literally cannot be on my phone in front of her at all or she starts screaming because she wants it. I don’t want her being dependent on my phone at all so I avoid being on it especially when I’m next to her, which in reality is a good thing and healthier because then I am more attentive to my little one.

But now it’s starting to be an everyday problem. If we got out to eat we barely make it through our meal before a tantrum occurs because she is bored, wants out of her car seat, and she wants to grab the food on the table. Shes reached the age where she wants the food I am eating but shes not old enough to eat it and she also doesn’t have any teeth yet.

If we’re at home and I try to do the dishes, she screams and cries if she cannot see what I am doing. She has plenty of toys but as she gets older she isn’t as interested in them anymore and she rather play with house hold objects. Lately I’ve tried to give her silverware like spoons to keep her entertained, it doesn’t last too long.

She has her 1st birthday coming up so I don’t want to buy her any new toys right now until after her party. I just started planning what I am going to do for her, but picking a theme is almost impossible there’s too many cute ones. I’m super nervous because this is a first experience for me too, I am going to have a 1 year old, and everyone says I gotta go big for her 1st birthday.

Back to the fussing, I’m really hoping this stage comes to an end soon! But I do have a little mini me and I already know that means she is going to be a sassy little drama queen like her mamma so I definitely have my hands full. I have to be patient and remind myself that she’s just a baby, she doesn’t understand how stressful her tantrums are to me. And I do my best to try and distract her when she’s throwing a fit by entertaining her with a toy or funny faces and noises. If we’re at home, which most of the time we are, I sometimes have to walk away take a little breather and let her cry it out, which usually doesn’t last because then she gets distracted by something else and stops crying. It’s hard to see your own baby cry and I always give in because I feel bad. But sometimes I think of it as learning to be more independent and self soothe. If I always pick her up or tend to her cries then she will just expect it all the time.

It’s an amazing experience to watch this little human being grow and learn and start getting her own little personality. She’s starting to crawl and soon should be walking. Everyday she is starting to become this independent little girl. Before I know it she won’t even be a baby anymore she will be a little toddler. She already has this little attitude and definitely makes it known that It’s her world now, I’m just living in it.