Is he really just trying to manipulate me? I mean yes, that sound is giving me a headache and is definitely one of my triggers making me want to lose patience and scream “JUST STOP!”, but is there actually something more?
Luckily, something, or things, I read in a group kept popping through my head even before my husband said something.
“He won’t do this at 18, it’s just a stage…”
“Crying is their way of communicating.”
I had this on repeat and in the moment that my husband said that statement. “Don’t give in…” I knew just what I should do, give in…
Give in…
Yup, as I tore off another piece of my tortilla I looked at my husband and said “Why? This is the only way he knows how to communicate, it’s not like he can look at me and say “More, please!”, he wants more and he ate the other piece instead of playing, so why shouldn’t he have more?”
#listening #gentleparenting
Neither of us could argue with that simple piece of logic and it really helped me to look at those whines and grunts and jerky movements in a new light, he’s communicating, this won’t be the way he asks forever.
He did it one more time until we were both done. Once he saw it was gone he didn’t even try to whine/ ask again, this just proves to me again that this was just him trying to ask in the only way he knew how.
He loves his food lol! Baby led weaning for the win!
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