Day 179 - Rough Day

Jonas was being so cranky today. He and I literally spent an hour being in silence and doing nothing except sitting because we were both mad at each other. We maybe said 3-4 sentences to each other during that hour, then the rest of the time was spent in silence (and 30 minutes of it was spent with me cuddling with him, but not saying anything to each other).  He wouldn't even look at me.

He was so cranky and mad because I wouldn't let him do something.  I think it was being outside, but at the same time he didn't want to be outside, it was weird. So I made an executive decision to come inside because he was crying hysterically outside. But then he didn't like me coming inside. It was frustrating.  And I was frustrated with him because he was whiney and was throwing ridiculous tantrums and screaming and not wanting me around, so I left him on the couch. I went on the computer for 10 minutes to get away so I wouldn't yell at  him, and he sat there for 10 minutes, not saying anything, not crying, just sitting, being stubborn. I came back to the couch to check on him, and he was still sitting there, and he still didn't want me around, so I left him there doing this: 

Just sitting.

I guess he's stubborn- like me. That's where he gets it from. Oh well. After an hour of silence (it was really an hour, I watched the clock to see how long it would take) we saw a spider, vacuumed it up and then played a game as if nothing happened.

So that is the only pic I got today, because the day was so frustrating. Then he threw a tantrum at dinner. For some reason, at dinner, he will not sit at his chair. He wants to be held, sit in one of our laps, or he doesn't want to eat. It's like this 95% of the time for dinner. I feel like he ruins dinner for Clint and I, and I don't know why he does this. I know he's hungry because he hasn't eaten for 4-5 hours, but it ruins the meal and the night. It's so frustrating! Any tips? Does any one else's kid do this? Either way, it's over, thank goodness. But I still love him to death!