Grumpy

There's a song song by David Weinstone on Noggin called Grumpy.

The lyrics begin ..

If you want to be a grump that's ok, but could you be a grumpy kinda further away. It's not that I don't love you cuz you know I do, sometimes I'm grumpy too.

I think I understand exactly what it is you're going through. Oh when your oatmeal is lumpy and your socks are all bumpy. What's a poor kid to do?

I love this song and used to sing it to Apani all the time, she didn't like it as much. But man oh man, Maddy is a grump. She takes right after Apani, and it's so darn cute! Let me remind you... Maddy's Tantrum I have to restrain myself from laughing because she gets so mad so quickly over nothing.

The other day, just for kicks, when her tantrum started I said, "Maddy, if you're gonna be a grump, you need to go be a grump somewhere else." And so she walked away. I heard her stomping a few times, then turned around happily running back offering kisses (something she is cruelly, sparing of). I thought it was a fluke, but just a few minutes later I was given the opportunity to test it out again. Sure enough, as told, she walked away. This time she went to the "time out" corner she often sees one of her sisters in and after a minute she came out happy as can be! It's been very successful over the past few days, making life, a little less stressful and any mother knows, those tantrums can be emotionally draining so any tactic that helps is a life saver!