MaybeGracie
05-22-2010, 03:15 PM
The boys and I spent the past three weeks visiting my parents. As is to be expected, DS1 was getting a bit grumpy by the end of the visit - a different environment, a different routine, different food, lots of people, and so on. I was sitting at the table with him one evening trying to hold on to my last shred of patience as I dealt with him heading towards a meltdown. My dad must have noticed, so he stepped in to help.
"Do I have to bring out my grumpy monster? This is my grumpy monster (holds up his hand) and he eats grumpies! Yum yum yum yum yum!"
DS1 dissolved into a fit of giggles as his grandpa used his "grumpy monster" to eat/tickle him. Given that my parents raised me very punitively, it was wonderful to see my dad use playful (grand)parenting to circumvent what would almost surely have been a complete meltdown in another minute or two. :heart
"Do I have to bring out my grumpy monster? This is my grumpy monster (holds up his hand) and he eats grumpies! Yum yum yum yum yum!"
DS1 dissolved into a fit of giggles as his grandpa used his "grumpy monster" to eat/tickle him. Given that my parents raised me very punitively, it was wonderful to see my dad use playful (grand)parenting to circumvent what would almost surely have been a complete meltdown in another minute or two. :heart