Two Year Old Problems-Being 2 sucks.

Being 2 is tough.  You're told what to do all day long.  If you're lucky, you get a choice.  Most of the time that choice is limited.  Your parents decide what you wear, when you sleep, when you eat, what you are given to eat, where you go, when you leave, what you watch, when you play, who you get to see, where you sit, and hundreds of other decisions.  Being 2 is tough!  Knowing you can physically do so much more is the hardest part of all.  In my Mommy opinion, this is why two is so 'terrible'.  My little man is capable of so many things, but limited in so many more.  It is easier when they are younger and are clueless of the options the world holds for them.  It is easier when they are older and can actually have many more of those options and freedom.  Then, there's two.  Thankfully, we have taught our guy to ask for what he wants, to use his words, and provide him with options whenever we can.  I'm sure he does not see it this way.  Most meltdowns occur when he can't do or have what he wants.  Ever try reasoning with a two year old?  Impossible!  Until he develops the concept of time and cause/effect, we have "Two Year Old Problems".

-Mom won't let me eat my apple sauce with my fingers- Two Year Old Problems
-Playing in the dog's water bowl gets you banned from the room- Two Year Old Problems
-We spent the last hour at the park and now we have to go home to eat- Two Year Old Problems
-I'm hungry, but have no idea how to communicate this feeling or recognize it as hunger- Two Year Old Problems
-Mom won't let me eat cereal with milk for every meal and cookies for every snack- Two Year Old Problems
-There are 6 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes to choose from and none of them are the one I want- Two Year Old Problems
-The knobs on the stove are 'not for touching' (unless I accidentally run into them, which I do every day)- Two Year Old Problems
-I can't walk backwards without hurting myself- Two Year Old Problems
-My face and hands have to be cleaned after every meal- Two Year Old Problems
-There was a crumb on my hand so, I didn't want to touch anything until I could wipe it off.  Mom didn't like that I used her arm- Two Year Old Problems
-I have to hold my cup with two hands without it falling.  I want to use one and will keep doing it no matter how upset I get when it falls- Two Year Old Problems
-I can't play with every toy at the pool at the same time-Two Year Old Problems
-Batteries are not made to put in your ears or your nose- Two Year Old Problems

Every now and then, Mom gets to be a hero and fix one of these problems.

-My Lion Kind DVD won't play any more and that's the one I really wanted to watch- Two Year Old Problems.

'DA-DA-DA-DA'!  Mom to the rescue!  Have you ever come across those Pins on Pinterest about sending in your damaged Disney DVD's?  Well, it works!  It only took about 2-3 weeks for our new Lion King to come in the mail.  We made a big deal about sending ours off to Mickey Mouse.  I had Del put it in the mailbox.  All I had to do was fill out the form and send my check with the broken DVD.  Nice right?!  The new one came in and Del didn't want to watch it after asking for it for weeks. 

My new Lion King came in the mail and I want to watch Cars instead-Two Year Old Problems :)

Here's the return address for our new DVD.  I just wish they had a cool envelope.