By James Dempsey in Croatia — Sep 5, 2023

Toddler Tantrums

Today was the kind of day that you hide from parents worried about travelling with kids. Nora was two today, and it showed.

Before we even stepped out of the apartment, she had frosted her left eye with sun lotion. A painful, but valuable lesson.
Then once out, she either wanted to be held or in the stroller. Neither long term options given our limited grip strength and Maeve's needs as an infant.
She crashed into a nap at this point, and we took advantage of it and explored the old town of Split.
She awoke in a restaurant, where we were promptly educated on the right and wrong kinds of pasta sauce (red = good, green = great, white = trash, and we of course had chosen white).
There was a tantrum about leaving a park.
Another about going to a park.
And a final one about where her dolls could and couldn't sleep.

That's okay. Today was rough, sure. But, she's growing and changing. She's becoming more independent and wants to make more decisions. We need to recalibrate our approach given her recent changes.

Tomorrow's a new day. And any day that ends in pizza is a good one.