A tantrum a day

I bet you know what this post is going to be about! But can you guess who is throwing the tantrums? That would be my almost 3 year old. It happened at this age with Bianca and it's happening all over again with Wyatt. He'll be 3 in July. My sweet little boy who would quietly play with balloons all day by himself, eat well, and take lovely naps has now turned into a monster. Seriously! I think I have bags under my eyes right now. He takes so much energy! And it doesn't help that he's stopped napping.
There are few times during the day when I get a break, like right now for example, he's eating his dinner. But there are more often times in the day when I find myself saying in my mind, "Here we go again." He's screaming, he's kicking, biting, crying, throwing you name it, he's doing it. And this week he started to do it in public places as well, the library seems like the perfect place to throw a tantrum wouldn't you say? Everything is nice and quiet, I am happily looking for book and Bianca is piling her books on one of the tables to take home, when Wyatt comes over and takes on of her books and yells "Mine!" . Why does he do this? Did he really want that particular book, No. Does he just want to start a fight? I don't think so. He's just a general pain in my rear lately, well I should say in Bianca's too. I actually feel bad for Bianca lately, she's been put on the back burner because I'm always dealing with Wyatt and his mood swings. She's such a good girl and a good helper and thank goodness she is this way right now.

Another thing I say all the time now to him is "use your words". He's into this screaming and pointing thing. Ugh. I know the boy can talk, and pretty well if you ask me, but he's choosing not to on a regular basis, ??? Anyway, I guess the point of this post was mostly to vent but also to tell myself that I still love my boy, but I'm not loving his actions, and to remember that 3 is the hardest age my children have had so far. Looking forward to a lovely year. (;