Can't I Keep Her A Baby Forever?

I've just finished cleaning up an ENTIRE glass of milk from the floor.

Mr Snotface decided he didn't want to drink his milk this morning. I told him that was fine, but if he didn't drink it, he's obviously sick, and wont be going to preschool. So instead, I get "I have to go to the toilet." Classic excuse, one he uses a LOT to get out of things, but I can't take the chance that this time he's actually telling the truth - I really don't want to be the one that makes him poo in his pants because of some milk.

Since then, three things have happened, because he is being Mr Snotface today, instead of the sweet Critterbug I'd rather see:

• In his attitude laden stomping, he spilled the ENTIRE glass of milk, and then, despite being desperate to go to the toilet, he just stood there, staring at it. Not making any effort to clean it, or even ignoring it and continuing on his stomp to the bathroom. Just standing like a lump.

• He is now in his bedroom wailing hideously because I told him he has to wear a different shirt - I don't want him getting one of his only 2 unstained shirts covered in paint and marker at preschool. So he put the other one on, and screamed when I said "not that one please either" in a calm voice.

• I am now siting here praying for peace and patience, and that God will miraculously stop me from strangling him on the walk to school.

Are we absolutely certain theres no way to stop the aging process so I can stop Spaceghost before she gets to this point?



***UPDATE*** Imediately after posting this, what do I hear? He has turned the tap in the bathroom ALL THE WAY TO FULL to brush his teeth. Despite being told at least once a week that it is not to be turned that high. Somebody better calm down at school today.

why did i sign up for another one?

things are not so cheery in the house of kaeus right now. the critter has always been strong. both physically (pushed himself up on his arms to look around the room less than an hour after birth. the midwife was surprised), and strong willed. lately the strong willed part has become... excessive. he will not do a single thing he is asked/told, and resists any and every form of discipline, right down to "look at me when im talking to you please."

and its driving me insane.

he has a pair of sunglasses. he's not allowed to wear them inside the house. he went and grabbed them a few minutes ago and sat down to watch TV with them on. i asked him to take them off please and give them to me, because we dont wear sunglasses in the house. he took them off, and put them next to him on the couch. so i asked for them again. he looked at me and grinned. i stood up to turn off the TV and he started shouting NO!! NOOOOOOOOO!! and nearly threw them at me trying to stop me from turning off the TV. and after i got it turned off, he turned it on again. discipline ensued. so did screaming. im sure the neighbours think im a child abuser the way he screams if i so much as take a toy out of his hand.

and it happens all the time.

it started getting more frequent a couple months back, and its got to the point that he is being sent to his room at least once a day, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

every child has off days. every child has off moments on good days. every child has tantrums when they get over tired/over stimulated.

not every child has them every single day, only an hour after waking up.

not every child has to be taken out of church because they wont stop swinging a rope around their head, and tries to hit their mother and take the rope back when it is taken away in an effort to get the child to calm down.

not every child... right? tell me it wont necessarily happen again when spaceghost is 4. tell me this is a phase.. that its hormonal.. that despite his apparent enthusiasm, he's acting up out of jealousy over the as-yet-unborn-new-baby.. that he will go back to only occasional tantrums and be generally sweet natured again.. because i really dont want one of Those children.

honestly!!

i know im going to get all sorts of flack for this, and in general i think any form of population control is A Bad Idea and Downright Wrong, but sometimes, i think people should need a licence to have children.

a friend of mine just rang me, on the verge of having a fit, and told me she felt sick. the reason? she was sitting outside a cafe having a cup of coffee and reading a book, and a woman sat down with her two kids. one about 5 or 6, the other a baby. now i dont know if 'baby' means newborn or anything up to about 16months, but either way, this is just wrong. she was holding the baby, and smoking. a cigarette. while holding a baby. she had a baby in one hand, and a lit cigarette in the other.now, pushing a stoller with a baby in it and standing as far back as possible while smoking is bad enough, but HOLDING THE BABY AND SMOKING AT THE SAME TIME????????

some poeple deserve to be smacked.

what a coward

early in the morning on august 13th, an elderly woman named rachel williams woke up in the dark to find a man beating her up. he stole drawers from her bedside table. she referred to him as a coward, saying she guessed he didnt have the guts to beat a man and had to pick on little old ladies.

she was 91.

last night she died.

she had lived in the same house for over 50 years, more than half her life. her house had been broken into 6 times. after this one, she never returned.

apparently the bashing did not cause her death, the official cause is heart failure. but something that traumatic happening to someone of her age, she probably would have lived longer if it hadnt happened.


i am so disgusted that our world has come to this. that women in their 90s can be beat up in their own houses for the contents of a bedside table. that a woman will leave the house she has lived in for more than half her life because she is afraid.

it is disgusting. these people have no respect.





the age september 12
news.com.au august 21