The Rookie

Do you ever feel like a first time mom who doesn't know what the hell she's doing?  Yep, me too.  Two years into motherhood and I still feel that way.  Just this past weekend Warren morphed into a terrible two year old.  He now has tantrums over anything and everything.  His favorite words are "mine" and "no"; and not just an average "no", a loud, drawn out, emphatic "nnnooooohhhh".

On Saturday we ran into Babies R Us and they had one of those little kiddie rides in the front door (You can see where this is going right?) and Warren was gazing up at it with a twinkle in his eye.  He had never been on one before and I was excited to see his reaction, so I put him on it.  Rookie mistake!  When it was time to get off he had a fit; a loud shrieking, kicking and hitting fit.  I somehow didn't see this one coming.  My husband laughed at me.  I forgot that we can no longer do anything fun without him totally flipping out when it's time to go.  I hate this! 

This morning he had a nuclear meltdown because I didn't let him take his snack trap into daycare with him.  Oh, and last night when I picked him up from daycare he totally assed-out about getting into his car seat.  I had to wrestle him into the seat and practically pin him down to get him buckled in while he screamed "no, no, NOOOOHHHHH!".  Yep, I'm that mom.  The one you walk by in the parking lot with your silent judgement secretly critiquing and making mental notes of everything I'm doing wrong and how I could have avoided the situation.  Little help here?  Can any of you seasoned professional moms out there share your wisdom with the rest of us?