Arrrrgggghhh!

OK Universe, I don't know what is going on but we need to talk. Elliott is now 19 months old and I can seriously count on one hand the number of "good" months (if not weeks!!) that we have had together. Now don't get me wrong, I love him and appreciate his presence in my life but seriously, I don't understand why he has to be so bloody difficult all the time!! Is it Karma? Did I do something really awful in a past life and this is my comeuppance? Or is it something I am doing in my present life that you are unimpressed with...perhaps I am sleep walking and unknowingly drowning kittens, or am I reversing over an  invisible family of ducklings at the bottom of my driveway each morning? Please tell me whatever I am doing to piss you off so I can remedy it ASAP!!!!

You know Universe, I was talking to my sister-in-law yesterday about the "joys" of parenting and she is convinced that she must have bombed China in a past life and is now dealing with Karmic retribution of that in her 3 year old daughter's challenging behaviour. Did I also bomb a country or something?? Or did I cause a natural disaster? Or is it simply that in my past life, I was not a parent and critisised my friends who did have children for not keeping their darling children "under control". Yes, perhaps that is more like it, perhaps I was just an unsupportive friend and Elliott is my life lesson in not judging others. You know how I know that you dealt me a difficult child, Universe? Well, between my Mum and my Mother-in-law they have had 7 children and both of them throw their hands up in the air in defeat when it comes to Elliott! None of us can figure him out!!!!  

Anyway Universe, take this as my most humble apology for running over invisible ducklings, bombing countries or being an unsupportive friend...I am truly sorry!!!!!! Whatever lesson you are trying to teach me I assure you I have taken it all on board and am now a better person for it...I think. Just please give me a break from Elliott's constant whinging, crying, fussing, non sleeping, difficult, miserable nonsense! Please!!!!!!! 

I have to run now, Elliott, who has been awake since the wee dark hours of the morning, is screaming his head off for reasons unknown. He has just walked into a wall but that doesn't usually induce screaming fits like this. The dog is barking like crazy trying to tell me that Elliott needs my help (like Elliott's cries are not an indicator) and Sophie is being the attention seeking princess that she is and "singing" over the top of all the other noise. As I said Universe, I apologise!!!!