kylan's tween years
my little man is truly in beTWEEN. not yet past his baby bratty ways but dawning pubescent attitude. he's like dr.jekyl/mr. hyde - one minute he's rolling on the floor demanding his ways and the next he's giving me stoic attitude. and then comes the deeply apologetic begging.
it's serioulsy a daily emotional roller coaster with kylan and i think its because we lack a buffer. i have to call exbf for back-up or anticipate some kind of intervention in the household. i can only hope that this will set precedence for the truly challenging years of his teenage life. i remind him to ship the attitude and grow up a little. i remind him to prove himself trustworthy to be allotted freedom and privilge. and most of all i remind him i'm his mom and won't be reckoned with. there's an advantage to have a youthful perspective when parenting a nearing adolescent - understanding. i still clearly remember the akwardness of his years now and it keeps me in check. i have many more decades of parentling left and perhaps many more children to initiate through these very same stages so help me Lord.