New meaning to "my way or the highway."

Owenhad SEVERAL meltdowns today. Not sure what was wrong with him, oh wait, but I do. It's called "I want it." His melt downs consisted of "I want to leave the family room." "My phone..I want it." "I want to climb", "I want crackers." "I want juice in the family room (which is not allowed)." "I want mommy's piece of pizza." "I want the lotion."  And probably several that I missed.

Seriously. Owen thinks if he screams and cries enough he will break me. Tonight, I thought I was going to. Luckily, Andy came home a bit earlier than normal, and was able to deal a bit more with the meal time and bed time melts, but boy, I was not happy with trying to divert his attention, timeouts failing to make a dent on his attitude, and just trying to figure out what exactly was wrong most of the time.

It's nights like these that my patience really needs help on, and where I feel like a horrible mother. I felt bad too because I was VERY ready for Owen to go to sleep tonight. I still liked getting to hold him for a few mins, but I also like the break from the crankiness.  I'm sure he probably has days where he feels like that about me, but he just can't voice it yet. Knowing how smart and stubborn, and like me, that Owen is, I have no doubt that voice will come sooner than Iwant, LOL!!!  Everyone pray for my patience, as we really get into the major months of the terrible2s.