Today was the first pretty day we have had in a long time. The sun shined all day long, not a cloud was anywhere in sight and the temperature tickled around 60 degrees. So what does C.J. do? I guess she is going to gauge her temperament from the weather. This girl seems to just be warming up.
When we went to go pick her up today Mommy told me that she did not sleep a lot today. The only thing was that she looked like she did not want to go to sleep anytime soon. When we got home we took her out and she went right on the floor. We spend a lot of time on the floor these days. So much so that Daddy and Mommy fell asleep on the floor last night. She was all good until she wanted to flip on her diva switch. It all went down hill from there.
When C.J. is in her young, black, and fabulous mood she wants attention at the 150%. She wants it from Daddy, Mommy and anything else that has life in her presence. She refuses to sit alone, she refuses to play with her toys and she refuses to be quiet. I am doing laundry today so I had to go outside and I could hear C.J. yelling at the top of her lungs. All I could do was shake my head.
One thing that I am learning to do is how to calm her down. She likes to be talked down. Since Daddy has to try and not always give in to her I have had to devise another mechanism. So when she flips the diva switch on, I will deepen my voice but talk calmly to her. I will sit with her or lie down next to her and just talk to her. I will ask her what is wrong? Why she feels the need to make so much noise? Also, what does she want? She usually will connect eyes with me and then I will either kiss her on the head or rub her belly. Then she seems to calm down a bit.
This DIVA switch seems to be very potent. The problem is that C.J. has the remote control. So Daddy is creating the circuit breaker for her. Discipline from Daddy will be rough because C.J. is my baby girl. However it is clear to me that discipline must be in place.
