Gareth’s new tactic
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Sibling jealousy has arrived in the worst way. Gareth has started throwing tantrums and whining/crying for every little thing, having learned that Collin gets immediate attention when he cries.
For a brief moment, Brandy and I considered using the “I’ll give you something to cry about” threat we often heard as children. No, not really… we’d never resort to that. But there are those times when the crying is so illogical and then, on top of that, to have it coming from a child who literally can’t tell you why he is upset. It’s frustrating and maddening.
Today was the first day in a week that Gareth wasn’t just being awful, but he still reverted to bad behavior a few times. It’s not easy for the kid, spending 7 years at the center of the universe and then getting bumped out of orbit. We’ll do what we can to help him through this.
Speaking of his nemesis (Collin), new photos are up on the Flickr site.