Two Year Old for Sale

 So not kidding.  Anyone want a two year ten month old adorable little boy?  We thought the terrible twos were going to be passed over, but alas, just late in showing up.  But, man are they here!

 The attitudes started getting worse during the trip to Wichita when Daddy was gone.  Every nap time was a fight, dragging a little boy into the room and throwing on the bed, threats (often not completed on my part - bad, I know), screaming while running down the hall.  "NO" seems to be a regular vocabulary word.  If not no, it's grunting and throwing hands in the air.  Refusing to clean up.  Standing on his sisters feet for no reason other than being annoying.

 But yet, yelling "hug! hug!" in the middle of crying, seeking some comfort (or trying to get out of punishment?) and able to be calmed down best when just held and comforted.  Getting to the point when spanking, yelling (I mean, loudly unilaterally discussing) no longer gets through stubborn ears... where Mommy can only laugh in frustration and walk away.  Sneaking into Meghan's room in the middle of naptime and laying on her bed.  Leaving his room to lay right in front of his door in the middle of the night.  Finding him laying on the couch.  Crying "I wanna sit with you!!!" instead of wanting to go to bed early (for punishment).  Do you see these as cries for a misunderstood little boy who really has other issues going on? Do you punish when this might be the case?  Try to get to the heart of the matter?

 To no longer want to go potty.  Start screaming and flailing when you try to take off his pants.  For Miss Lulu to almost stop changing his diaper because he throws such a fit.  Being called from school that we need to come pick Cooper up because it took 3 ladies to hold him down to change his diaper, being held up front to try to calm down while the teacher has to be out of class, his refusing to talk to Mommy on the phone, running out the front door to be hauled back in... Getting in trouble every day at school.  All while we were doing so good and going potty all day at school - now this.  "I like wearing a diaper!" he says.

And then perfectly happy the rest of the time.  Despite the daily spankings after school and marching upstairs (usually hauled actually) to meet his punishment.  Yesterday we tried going wearing underwear all day - and he kept it dry and was perfectly happy... until nighttime when a pull up was put on.  Completely capable - but so unwilling... and so two! Sending off to school tomorrow w underwear per Miss LuLu's request. Wish us luck!
And did we mention: the day of underwear started out with big sister changing his poopy diaper and wiping him clean while they were playing early that morning upstairs while Mommy and Daddy slept.  What a team we have here! :)