One of those days....

Well, if you are a Mom then you know that "those days" are bound to happen from time to time... Really it started yesterday, but I am only writing about today- don't want to bore you to tears.

Background: Mason has not taken a nap for 5 days. We have tried our hardest with no success. He really needs to take a nap- REALLY! He can be quite the stinker when his sleep is messed with (he gets that from his Dad!) For the past 4 nights he has been waking up in the middle of the night, maybe even two or three times... This is very unlike him. Someone finally put the bug in my ear that it might just be his 2 year old molars... DING, DING, DING! Why didn't I think of that? He will be two in October and all of his other molars have come in early. So, I started giving him Motrin and this has worked quite well. But we still have not had a nap yet... I am afraid that his naps will stop (not good) but I am thinking this is just a phase. HOPEFULLY!

STORY: Today was a nice day, but Mason (poor little guy) was sad all day long. There was nothing we could do to make him happy, trust me we tried... We even got out a remote control car that we had been saving for his birthday and let him play with it. Of course he wanted nothing to do with it. He was scared, I guess he thought it was possessed or something. None of his cars have ever moved on their own before... So we nixed that.

Then Curt and I tried to take him to the Mall to let him play in the play area with kids his age... Lets just say that was a bad idea from the start... We also decided against taking the stroller in the mall- What were we thinking? Anyway, we tried to play for a bit and then left. I guess it is not a great idea to take a teething 2 year old to the Mall to a giant play place where he has to share with others....

Then came nap time, Curt decided to put him down since he told me yesterday that I was not doing it right, "Okay buddy- GO FOR IT!" (I wrestled him for 2 hours yesterday and gave up) He ended up having a re-peat from yesterday, I was secretly thinking- I told you so! Of course I did not say it! I am glad he did the nap thing, because I just did not have it in me today... Sad, but true!

Then late this afternoon after many attempts by Mason to escape to the street, I decided to let him play in the sand box. Again, what was I thinking? He ended up with sand in his eyes, screaming bloody murder.... So, we got a bath and relaxed some and then he went to bed.

Of course he went down without a fight, he had no fight left in him. I hope tomorrow is a better day for him... I will be fine. I am sure cutting those teeth really hurt. Someone told me that cutting molars for a baby is like cutting wisdom teeth for an adult. I am not sure how they could actually ever know to compare that, but if that is true, Mason is really hurting...

After he saw it drive on all by it's self. Not a happy camper...

Look at those sad eyes...

I am not sure what the dust pan was about, but after the car incident, he drove it around like a car- much safer...

Before he saw it preform... He liked it then, I hope he forgets tomorrow.