#ToddlerProblems

Having a toddler is NOT for the weak hearted. Having a toddler is so beyond exhausting. Toddlers are full of energy and relentlessly test your limits.

To be fair, I had been warned… Everyone told me that having a baby would be hard, so when Bailey was born I was prepared for things to be difficult. But they weren’t. Bailey was an extremely easy baby. From the very beginning she was never a good sleeper, but I adapted and other than that, she was such a joy. Then I woke up one day, and she was in the throes of the terrible-twos.

Life with a toddler is exhausting. Life with a toddler is draining. Life with a toddler is all-consuming.

I’m only making it through these days by taking comfort in the fact that my heart can hold SO much love for one little person. The same one little person who has tested the very depths of my weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

I watch her as she sleeps and marvel at the fact that so much love, so much peace, so much tranquility, so much awe could be condensed into each and every moment that she takes a quiet breathe. And I’m hoping that tomorrow, someday, at some unknown point years from now, all that makes her exhausting and all-consuming and frustrating might make her something spectacular. This helps me forget that the current stage is all about the struggle and finding solutions for the issue of the moment.

It is amazing to me that any parents make it through these extraordinarily trying times. But I am sure I will look back on these days and realize what a fleeting moment it really was. Until then, I intend to document these days so I can {hopefully} look back and laugh…