What made me smile today?
* Baby eating the miniature ice cream at Fortnum & Mason
* Baby seemingly in Baby heaven as he played with ALL the tins on the ground floor of Fortnum & Mason
* Baby figuring out how to slide out the price tag on the shelf, and then proceeding to slide out as many price tags as possible (I gave up putting them back after a while)
* Baby enjoying story time at the library
* Baby hugging me while I was carrying him in my sling
* Baby making sheep noises on the tube because he saw sheep on one of the ads
What triggered me today?
I'm so happy with the way I handled Baby's tantrum at Fortnum & Mason (in short he didn't want to leave) but then all the good work that went into that went out the window when I lost my temper at him when we were getting dinner ready. I got him to help me put the cauliflower onto the oven tray (I've figured out recently he's happier when he can help) but tonight he decided to do his own thing and instead of putting the cauliflower onto the tray he tried to pour the cauliflower out, and in doing so also poured out some of the water from the bowl onto the tray. I got excessively angry, but really he was probably meandering more tonight because he was hungry, tired and overstimulated. Meanwhile all I could think of was that he wasn't listening to me (it had slowly built up...) and I lost it :(
What would I have done differently today?
I would have not lost my temper - easy to say hard to do, because it had also been a long day for me, and I was running on low too.
What will I try to do tomorrow?
Remember voice, triggers, be gentle.
What am I grateful for?
Being able to work part time so that I can spend more time with Baby. Discovering story time at the library a few weeks ago.
