My baby’s mama

17 Sep 2010 2 Comments

by Megan in Uncategorized Tags: Maddie, Parenthood

Our sweet little Maddie has an alter ego, one we like to call demon baby.  She can throw tantrums with the best of  them, even though she’s barely ten months old.  If she gets mad, God help you.  She’ll kick her little legs and fling herself backwards so quickly that we scramble to make sure she doesn’t give herself a brain injury.  She is so entertaining to watch at this age.  So much curiosity and exploration of her surroundings, and her little verbal tirades are hilarious.  She likes to flap her arms and emphatically yell, “Dadadadada!” “Mamamama!”  “Yaaaaah!!!”  and make growling, snorting noises like a tiny, sassy warthog.  She’s sort of like Apollo, except we know she won’t pee on the carpet or smear poo on the couch because we’ve got her safely wrapped in diapers (for now).  Her snarly attitude is probably due to the six teeth she’s cutting right now, and I don’t blame her.  I get pissed off when I get hungry, tired or have to watch Joe play XBox Madden 2011 too much,  so I can only imagine that her sharp pointy shards pushing through her tender pink gums is awful.  Thank the baby Jesus for Hylands Teething Tablets and infant Ibuprofen.  It’s just now sinking in that she’s almost one year old and I can’t believe how quickly the months have passed.  I feel like I haven’t had enough time with her as a tiny baby…she’s growing so fast.  I’m really trying to make an effort to enjoy every moment of these “baby” months, even when she acts like Linda Blair and I’m waiting to be covered in pea soup.  It all goes by so quickly.

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