Good times here we come

Today at lunch I witnessed sister girl throw her first full out tantrum. Now before you laugh I admit she has let out little cries of protest and actually fallen to the floor in tears before but each ocurance is short lived. This one was not.

And what was it over? A potato chip with sour cream and onion dip. She had her lovely pinto beans and sweet potatoe lunch going on but then Daddy had to pull out the bag 'o chips and dip and did not think twice before plopping them right in front of little baby girl's healthy lunch. She eyed those chips and she immediately refused to take another pinto bight! Then it was my turn to make the mistake...I gave her a lick of a chip with the dip, then a bite of one with the dip and then...well, she wanted the whole stinkin' bag!

So began the compromise..."if you eat one more bight of your lunch you can have another chip with dip." (usually I know she understands about 90% of what I tell her but at noon today I swore she looked at me like I was speaking Chinese!)

And there the compromsing ended. You know the script...baby first bows back, pushes tray, thrashes head, lets the tears run, screams, turns red, gasps for air. Do I need to go on here?

My sweet little 15 month old sister girl let us have it. But because we are such wise and patient parents now (and because big brothers weren't sitting there to laugh and hoot and holler) we just turned away and let her get it out. I smiled nervously to Nate a lot but really wanted to just give the girl a chip for crying out loud. But I didn't! No sir'eee...I won't raise a spoiled little priss in this house!

After what seemed like 5 minutes of carrying on she actually managed to calm herself down although she still couldn't look me straight in the face. (she was ashamed, that's right!) I took her out of the chair and held my baby girl tight, wiping away those big old dried up tears.

And no, I didn't give her a chip...but I did get a glimpse of my strong willed beauty that has many plans already underway for me in her future. I even think I saw her taking notes in her crib tonight so she didn't forget anything! I'm ready girlfriend...bring it on!