The Times She Makes My Heart Melt

My daughter has definitely hit the terrible two's. At the ripe old age of 21 months, she knows exactly how to push my buttons, and has to test everything we say and do. This is exactly where the name of my blog came from, I used to joke that her first sentence was going to be "you drive me crazy". Just last week I thought she was going to make me lose it. She started taking off her clothes and diaper, colored on the wall, ran off in a store in the mall, and started jumping off of the sofa, among other random acts of defiance typical of a 2 year old. At some point each day I worry that I'm going to end up in a mental hospital. And then somehow, just when I think I can't take it anymore, in one little instant, all of those thoughts, and the stress and frustration just disappear from one little act. Sometimes it's the random times that she runs up, most of the time while I'm cooking on the hot stove that she knows not to be near, and she hugs my leg and says "love you", or the look of excitement on her face when I walk in her room to get her in the morning, but tonight it was when she said thank you for making her nose better LOL.

She's been a little sneezy and congested the past few days. She's acting fine, has no fever, no runny nose or coughing, but just a few extra sneezes and a little bit of stuffiness. We are starting to think that it might just be some allergies. Yesterday before she went to bed we decided to use some nose drops just to help her nose so she could breathe better to sleep. She fought us and got mad when we did it, and we told her we had to, in order to make her nose better. Well right after we finished she said "nose better?" and seemed much happier. Tonight while chasing a naked baby around to finish putting her pajamas on, she looked up at me and said "nose better?" I asked "do you need me to make your nose better?" to which she replied "okay!" Once I started though, she again had a fit and fought me. I finally got the drops in, let her go, and she instantly ran across the room. She suddenly stopped, looked back at me and said "nose better!" She ran back to me, yelled "thank you!" and gave me a big hug….and that's when my heart melted.