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Brennan is at that age where he doesn't have all the words he needs to express himself and his deepest wants and desires, so he gets frustrated very easily (also very frustrating for some of the adults). And he doesn't leave much to our imagination. He has become quite adept at communicating his frustration, even if he can't tell us what it is he's upset about. Sometimes it's really hard to take him seriously with those faces and it's all I can do not to laugh and really hurt his feelings.
Unfortunately he uses more than his face to express his frustration sometimes. I'm talking head-butting, hitting, kicking, throwing things. I don't think we had to deal with this much with Kaelyn since she was such an early and proficient talker (which raises other problems all together). Plus she had our 100% undivided attention at the time. I may have to go back and re-read my positive discipline books to figure out exactly how to deal with this. And pray that it's just a phase which he'll outgrow once he learns how to say more words.
He really is usually such a sweet and silly boy.
You captures his many moods beautifully. He really is a sweet boy...just frustrated that you can't read his mind all the time. It is just a phase as is just about everything. They don't always replace it with a wonderful phase though.
ReplyDeleteThis is a stereotype so I'm sure there are exceptions, but in my opinion, boys when they get frustrated throw fits (like B is doing). Girls more frequently pout or sulk.
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