Sometimes kids say the worst things!

When you hold a precious newborn baby, you have dreams of the day your child will be able to make coherent sounds and eventually start speaking. We get excited at "first" words, sentences, and so on. I have enjoyed every "first" regarding language development milestones that Morgan has reached.

Until today.

This morning, around 12:10 AM, Morgan was throwing a HUGE fit. We had arrived at my sister-in-law's house around 9:00 that evening and my niece, Julia, was asleep at the time. Around 11:00 Morgan and I attempted to go to bed. I had to get a drink of water to take some medicine. At the same time Julia had woken up and Amy was in the kitchen trying to get her to take some medicine. Of course Morgan immediately said "Julia crying!!" and needed to go see if her cousin was OK.

At this point both girls were up and wanting to play. Amy and I tried to get them to sit quietly on the couch and hopefully go to sleep. At midnight when the girls were still wide awake I decided that it was time for Morgan and I to go to bed.

My toddler was NOT happy with this decision.

She screamed, cried, wailed, and generally made a rather loud scene with me in the bedroom. I just remained in bed with the lights out and let her throw her fit. I am thankful now that the lights were off, because in the middle of this fit she said the first thing that has ever hurt my feelings. She screamed "Mama, I don't like you!" My lip started to instantly quiver and my eyes welled up with tears.

I can't imagine how her little brain strung those words together, and I know she didn't know how hurtful it would be. I am glad she couldn't see the result of her words, because I honestly hope I never hear that again. Now I know in reality that there will be a time when she is older that she will say worse things to me and about me. It's just hard to hear your two year old precious child say something like that.

Sigh, it has only just begun!