I Vent, Therefore I Am

Peebs is really high maintenace this week. It was my recollection that babies got easier after 6 months or so. Not this one. I always thought my daughter was kind of difficult but in retrospect, she was positively mellow compared to him. He goes from 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds. One minute he’s sitting there perfectly fine and content and the next, he’s shrieking in that horrible squealing way that he has and I can literally feel my eardrums rattling. Really. And what is it that elicits such horror from the child? Oh I don’t know… maybe I’ll try to change his diaper or put some socks on him. Perhaps I’ll do something realllllly crazy and try to take a dangerous object away from him (he grabs everything in a 3 foot radius so he does occasionally get hold of something he shouldn’t have) And if I put him down or walk away from him for a split second I’m pretty sure this is what his screams would translate as if I could interpret it–> “Holy Shit!!!!!! The boobs are walking away!!!!!! Red Alert!!! “

You might think I’m exaggerating but I assure you — I am not. Nobody believes me because when we are out anywhere, he’s so cute and gurgles and coos at everyone, making a total liar out of me.