Terrifying Tantrums

Karsyn has always been a tantrum thrower. She takes after her mama. She likes to be the center of attention and she likes getting her way. What kid doesn't. Usually in a normal child (non diva like) the child will pitch a mild fit and then be done with it. Not my little girl. A week ago I was picking up the kids bathroom and she was in the room with me. She started getting into the cabinet with the towels and bath tissue and baby soaps. I quickly snatched her up before she could make a huge mess and I took her into Kaden's room where I started to pick up again. She immediately started kicking and screaming because I was removing her from her fun. I didn't think anything of it and I placed her down in Kaden's room and started to ignore the tantrum like I usually do. I had my back to her an she had stopped crying. I turned around to see what she was doing and I noticed that her face an her lips were purple, she was starting to stumble over to the side as if she was drunk. I quickly ran over to her because I knew she was about to fall over and maybe pass out. I was screaming her name and blowing in her face. She would not take a breath. She started to shake, almost convulsing as if having a seizure. Her eyes started to roll in the back of her head. She finally took a breath and started to cry again. All of this lasted only seconds if not a minute or two but it seemed like half an hour to me. I was terrified. Luckily this time my dad was over and he came running in asking me what was going on. I have heard of kids holding their breath until they pass out before and many do it for attention from their parents. Although I was scared about what had happened I brushed it off thinking it was a one time thing. A few days later Karsyn and Kaden were playing in the living room while I was washing dishes in the kitchen. Our house is an open floor plan so you can see straight from the kitchen into the dining room and then the living room. I could see them playing as always I have to watch them carefully because they don't always tend to play "nice". Kaden came up and took away a stuffed animal that Karsyn is obsessed with. It was Kaden's once upon a time but Karsyn has taken it over. This threw Karsyn into a raging fit. She was crying and screaming. I kept telling Kaden to give it back to her so she would stop crying. When I got over to her to try to sooth her she was already on the floor on her stomach, face and lips purple yet again. She started to shake as if having a seizure yet again. This time she threw up and had diarrhea at the same time. I got her to breath and I held her close to me until she calmed down. It takes a while before she finally calms down from these "episodes". When she does finally come out of it she is completely fine! This doesn't happen any other time then when she is throwing a tantrum. After that second episode I called the doctor. We already had her 15 month wellness visit scheduled for the next day (which was today) so I was able to talk about it with her doctor. Her doctor said the holding of the breath is normal and the child will start breathing again once he/she passes out. She didn't seem to concerned about the other symptoms either but she did refer us to a neurologist just to reassure us that there is nothing wrong with Karsyn. We go to that appointment on the 24th. I really doubt there is anything neurologically wrong and I am sure this is just something she does from getting so worked up. She is a really high strung little girl. I just know that we will have to keep her from getting so worked up so that she does not have her little episodes. I just don't want her to become spoiled rotten an think she can do this to get her way when she is older. We never had to go through any of this with Kaden. I just pray he doesn't catch on and then we have them both doing this. Honestly, I would probably let them just pass out and walk out lol! I'm kidding I wouldn't! ;)

Bye Bye Paci

After 2 long years of trying to get rid of the paci/binky/bebe we finally did it! Kaden finally decided it was time to give it. Of course with a little bribing to entice him! We had tried a while ago to quit cold turkey and it really back fired on us. Kaden is the type that needs to be ready on his own time to do anything. If he is not ready you WILL know! So he had his paci a little longer then normal. The other day Kevin and I were in his room with him and out of the blue I said to Kaden "why don't we put your bebe in the trash and you can pick out a new train instead" and he said okay! He went and threw his bebe away and off we went to Target to buy a train. On the way there I really explained to him about what he was doing and if he was really sure this is what he wanted. I told him once we bought the train the bebe was not coming back. He said he understood. He got to pick out a train that he liked and we were on our way home to try out the no bebe during nap time thing. He put up a fight at first and Kevin and I both gave in at first and brought the bebe back out but took the train away and told him it was not coming back unless the bebe went away. After we walked out of his room he cried for his train back and willingly gave up the bebe. From then on he has not had the bebe since. The first few days after trashing the bebe he would ask for it occasionally. I would also catch him stealing sissy's bebe and I would have to chase after him to get it back. We are going on a little over a week without it and although we are also giving up nap time as well which could be a cause for the extra energy and a slightly bad attitude towards the end of the day, other then those two things I haven't really seen him act any differently since giving it up. He also hasn't asked for it in a few days. Oh, there is one thing I have noticed, he has his fingers in his mouth more now without the bebe. Oh well I can live with the fingers as long as he doesn't become a thumb sucker or finger sucker. My boy is growing up. We are reaching all these great milestones and although it is really exciting and I feel like I am doing my job well, it is also a little bittersweet. The bebe was the last "baby" item that he we were holding onto and now that it is gone I know that there is no more baby Kaden and it is now BIG boy Kaden. I know he is really happy to be a big boy and not a baby anymore. He loves all the things he gets to explore and do for himself. No matter how old he gets he will always be my baby boy!!! I am proud to be his mommy!

My DL is MIA

This is going to be a short post tonight because we are watching the Olympics and I want to see the girls All Around gymnastics compete. So anyways, here is a little look into life with a 3 year old. For starters Karsyn loves carrying around purses and if your not careful if you leave your purse unzipped she will more then likely get in it and throw everything out. This then starts a trend with Kaden. Kaden saw my purse left on the floor and decided he was going to get my wallet out and sit on the floor and take every single credit card, debit card, gift card, and driver license that was in it, OUT! When I realized what he was doing I told him he needed to put everything back into it. We left the house tonight to go to my in laws for dinner and so I picked up my purse which had my wallet in it and all of my stuff, so I thought! I drove to my in laws and then later on I drove to go pick up some milk. I got my wallet out to get my money to pay for the milk and I noticed that NOTHING was in my wallet (except for the cash, thank god). I did end up finding all my cards in a back compartment of my wallet that I never put anything into but I still have yet to find my driver license. It has to be in my house somewhere! Luckily I didn't get pulled over....AGAIN!

So if your ever at my house, watch your stuff!!!