A few weeks ago, I took the kids to town for a play date with a friend of mine who has a dayhome. We played in the park for a little while, then walked back to her house to play in the back yard.
After an hour & half of play time I gave my son the warnings that in 5 minutes it was time to leave, in 2 minutes & then time to leave.
Well he had a complete meltdown when it was time to go. I picked him up to try to sit with him on the bench and talk to him about leaving and he practically threw himself out of my arms. There was no trying to talk to him. So I asked if it was ok to leave my daughter so I could take my son to the van.
I walked back to the van carrying a screaming, wiggling 2 year old. I’m not sure if that was the best way to handle the situation but I felt that if I left him there while I walked back to pick up the van and drive it back, he would be getting his way. And I felt that it would be too dangerous to try to carry the one year old and drag the two year old back to the van. I guess I could have waited until the meltdown was over but I know that my friend really had to get lunch ready for all of her children and I didn’t want to throw off her schedule too much.
So anyway, by the time I actually got to the van, my pants had slid down and half my butt was hanging out! It is nearly impossible to hold on to a screaming & kicking 2 year old and pull up your pants at the same time. My pants are always falling down – I have a huge problem with pants staying on my non-existent hips – even when I’m not pregnant, but especially when I’m pregnant!
So there I was mooning the park (thankfully there was no one in the park) and trying unsuccessfully to deal with this meltdown. Which had gotten worse because my poor son thought that we were leaving his sister behind. He kept screaming for her, poor guy.
After I had finally gotten both children in carseats, my son had settled down enough to talk about the situation. I think it was equally exhausting for both of us.
Thankfully, these meltdowns are very few & far between – it is very out of character for him to behave that way.
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