Josie and the Terrible Twos

I am Josie.

Sometimes I am oppositional.

Like when Meema said I was doing a good job using my spoon.

So I had to eat the rest of my yogurt with the little end of the spoon.

Yesterday I ate my oatmeal with my fingers.

Also, sometimes I have to yell NONONONO!

Meema calls it a tantrum if I lie on the floor and kick and say NONONO.

I don't do that very often--just when Meema is being difficult.

I also change my mind a lot.

  

I want noodles.

I don’t eat noodles.

I want yogurt.

I don’t want yogurt.

I want to go to the library.

I don’t want to go to the library.

I don’t want to go home.

I want to stay at the library.

If I fall down and yell, Meema walks away.

Then I get up and go to the car with her.

It is kind of a game.

After all, I’m not quite two and a half years old.

There’s a name for that:

Terrible twos.

Meema looked on her computer and it said that temper tantrums are a common and developmentally appropriate behavior for children under three.

It also said that after three, I will be more able to use words to express my frustration.

I am practicing those words.

There are some I should not say so I say DAGNABBIT!

Or SUGAR!

Also the computer said that when I am three, I will behave in more socially acceptable ways.

We’ll see.