Exorcist Moments

Baby B really enjoyed the morning.

When Simone told him it was time to leave, he raced away from her, giggling happily.

Simone scooped him up, slipped his socks, boots and jacket on and herded him out the door.

They went to have Baby B assessed for speech development at a nearby facility. The nurses assessing Baby B were suitably impressed with his gross motor skills, his fine motor skills and his ability to play act. When it came time to leave, Baby B refused.

He kicked, dragged and screamed all the way out the door. He calmed down just as Simone reached the door. She didn't pause to ask why and proceeded to the car. It turned out that he'd stolen a toy car from the toy bin by the door.

Simone returned the car to the facility. Baby B screamed.

Next stop involved returning an item to a store filled with expensive camera equipment. Baby B raced around the displays, hitting them randomly. Simone was glad she did not wear her heels.

When it was time to leave, Baby B raced out into the mall instead of toward the car. He grabbed Simone's hand. "Nan, up," he said, pulling her toward the escalators. They spent the next ten minutes going up and down the escalators. Simone hoped this would suffice in mollifying the boy wonder.

It didn't. "It's time to leave now," translated into, "I'm gonna scream until you change your mind then."

Simone carried the kicking boy out to the car.

Back at home, Simone got lunch ready for Baby B and Eliot the dog. She put the chili pot back into the fridge and glanced down to find that Baby B had taken advantage of the open fridge door by removing the can of pineapple juice from the fridge and pouring it over his head.

Oh. Joy.

Simone took Baby B's clothes off and told him she was upset with what he'd done.

The screaming lasted 20 minutes.

Just before nap time, while Simone was getting Baby B a clean diaper, he found his way into the washroom and emptied the roll of toilet paper into the toilet.

"Time for bed," said Simone.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Baby B.

"And if you don't stop screaming," Simone wrestled Baby B's dirty diaper off of him and slid a clean diaper into place, "you won't get any books read to you before your nap."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Baby B.

Simone put one of Baby B's 3 books back on the shelf.

The screaming stopped.

Too bad naptime comes but once a day...