I never thought I would be happy the day my kid started hitting

                     

         

    

   

These last couple weeks have been so much 

better with Mika. Now I really think that he was still getting over being sick and that was why he was acting up so much. I think he was sicker with the measles then I thought. He is so good when he is sick that I have a hard time knowing how sick he really is. Also, I am understanding him more and accepting him how he is. Since he was such a easy baby I had it so easy, now I think I am actually having to be a mom and deal with emotions, and personality issues.  I sometimes still get overwhelmed and wonder how in the world I am going to deal with him, or train him to be a boy that sticks up for himself.  He doesn't know how to handle boys that pick on him or push him, he just cries.  I never thought I would be excited or ok with the fact when he starts to hit, but I am... He started hitting other boys at playgroup the other day when they got in his space. At first I was mad at him, but then I was like "yeah!"he is learning to stick up for himself. Of course, I still get on his case for hitting, but it is good to know that he can stick up for him self.  Yesterday we went to a playgroup and there were lots of kids there, and Mika was awesome!! I was so happy... he was actually a lot better then some of the others. He was running around and talking and playing and being so good. So I think things are looking better. He is still sensitive and unsure about other people, but at least Playgroups are looking better for us. Next week we start swimming lessons 2 days a week, so we are excited about that. Mika has a new word this week that he loves to say, and that is "Hockey". He was watching it with Magnus this weekend and then all of the sudden he blurts out "hockey", and now all he ever wants to do is watch hockey. It is so cute, he gets so excited when he is watching it. I guess he is a true Canadian, and he takes after his Pappa who loves hockey. 

Also, we have officially booked our tickets to Norway for this summer. It looks like we are going to be going there for most of the summer. We had originally booked them on airmiles for May when we were thinking of moving to Oregon, but now that we are seriously looking at staying here, we have changed them to July and August. We have now almost paid for the tickets with all of our ticket changes, but that is what you get for being indecisive.  We are really excited and looking forward to spending a lot of time with the Grandparents. 

"What goes around comes around"

So, it is true "what goes around comes around" ! It is a depressing day when you realize your wonderful, amazing, beautiful, bright, cute, adorable little toddler isn't really any of those. I finally accepted the truth that I have a tough toddler. He was the easiest baby ever to be on this earth I swear. Sleeping through the night at 5 weeks, and I mean sleeping through the night, always happy and content and never fussy. Then we reach the one year mark and that was ok, but now it is a year and a half and I have my hands full. My biggest issue is that he does not like other kids, and when I say does not like, I mean screaming and throwing fits when other kids come into his comfort zone. Other kids come and try to give him a hug and he freaks out! He is good at home, expect for his testing and stubbornness that I deal with a lot, but in public he is a nightmare, and that is hard for me. I love going to play groups and getting out seeing other mom's daily, but Mika can't stand it. He is very emotionally unstable for at least the first 45 min, and then after that he is somewhat ok. I am pretty sure Mika will never get invited to Birthday parties, and I am sure he is ok with that. I guess Magnus was the same way and so I blame it all on him. Magnus told me last night that he use to scratch kids if they came close, and I was like 'Oh boy I guess I have that to look forward to next - great' . At the same time Magnus turned out pretty good I have to say, and so that is what I hang on too. I was told that the super sensitive boys are the ones that turn out the best, and I have to agree. I keep telling MIka that I am going to spank the demons out of him, but I should probably not to so hard on him and try to figure out how to deal with it in a right way. Let’s just say I am planning on reading anything I can that deals with emotional disorders in toddlers, if there is such a thing. I still love him when we aren't in public though, and at home he is a cutie and I love him. I just fear that we aren't that popular and will never get invited anywhere, and it is probably true, but oh well.. what goes around comes around I guess.