Just Call Grandma

We have been having "issues" with Carter recently. I'm not sure what was going on but he hasn't been his self the last few weeks or so. Very moody and at times down right mean. About 3 weeks ago he got sick, had a little cold but wasn't anything to really be concerned about. I gave him benadryl to help with his stuffy nose, we thought that may have been the reason he was acting out. For some reason medicine like that turns our son into a little monster... up all night, back talking, more aggressive toward both Mark and I, and to Nolan, which is really not like him. After his cold had cleared we stopped the medicine but the behavior continued. We would be out in public and my 3 year old son would be telling me to leave him alone or else he's going to put me in my room, or that he was going to tell on me for being such a mean mommy. I admit, I was embarrassed, and confused! What was causing this behavior? If I told him to be quiet, not talk like that to me, or anyone, to be nice...etc. he would just glare at me with the meanest face and say NO! Don't tell me what to do! It was like he was 3 going onto 13! We were miserable to say the least.

Sunday was my dad's birthday. We went over there early in the morning to say happy birthday, give him his present and visit for a bit. My nieces were over visiting as well and Carter just adores his Grandparents and cousins! My mom offered to watch him for the day, we were hesitant because we were going so far out of town and didn't want something to happen and us not be close by... but after the few weeks that we had we decided it would be a nice break so we let him stay with them. We told my parents we would be back around 6pm, it turned out to be a longer day than we thought and we ended up not getting back until 8pm! This was completely ok with my mom however Carter was really missing us which I felt horrible about. He was away from us from 9am till 8pm, that's a long time for Carter, he's always with me!

When I got there he ran up to me and happily screamed... MOMMY!!! I missed you! I love you! I have to admit I was expecting something much different so it was a really a nice surprise. Ever since he's been listening so much better, he's been very nice to us and Nolan again. Very affectionate and loving. He's my usual Carter again! Granted its only been 2 days, still its such a breath of fresh air, again!

So the moral of this story, you know when you see those kid shirts that say things like "When times get tough you better call Grandma"... They ain't kiddin'!