About Neige Var
Once upon a time, Neige Var was an operating room nurse and downtown dweller who leisurely spent her time dining out or entertaining friends. The birth of her son changed all that. Now she's a snap-happy suburban mom on unpaid leave with a knack for organizing play dates. Check in with Neige as she continues to adjust to her new role, her new location and her new life.
Help - My toddler’s running me ragged!
I’ve been feeling so tired and sluggish lately that I’ve been taking afternoon naps with Neelan. Maybe it’s the sun or this summer’s oppressive heat. Or the fact that Neelan just never stops. I mean never.
He is a busy bee, a spirited little boy who zips around with his toy cars, planes or whatever he can get his hands on. And since he started walking, it’s been ten thousand times harder to keep up with him.
He doesn’t use many words, but he communicates exactly what he wants 90 percent of the time. His latest trick, and I don’t know where he learned this, is to pull us by the hand to where he wants to go. Often we go along, play along, and we get a good laugh and exercise out of it. But sometimes when I’m busy, fixing a meal or such, he’ll want to do something or take me somewhere and I can’t at that very moment. That’s when the “world ends” and Neelan melts into the floor wailing, sometimes putting his head right on the floor. It was really funny and a little cute the first time we saw it, now it’s getting old.
My baby is growing up and is becoming a little man, sometimes a stubborn little man, but one who knows he can charm anyone with a smile. I feel that I have had to up my game and deal with challenges I didn’t expect to face now, because silly me thought all this is supposed to happen when he turns two. As in “terrible two.”
I admit, Neelan is far from terrible and most of the time is beyond awesome! However, for some reason, lately everything just seems harder….
