He loves me, he loves me not

Toddlers are fickle little beings let me tell you. They change their minds more than women are rumored to. It can drive a mom crazy. William is lately into negatives (as in "go away mommy" "don't touch me" "leave me alone" "let me go" "i don't like that", etc). The thing is, he changes his mind in a second.

Take this week:
1) Dinner - I make some beef and rice which he pushes away with a "i don't like it" and then proceeds to EAT the beef. Now keep in mind, he doesn't say "i don't like it" just once... he says it every few bites.

2) Music- My little music afficianado is developing definite tastes in music. And for 3 days straight he loved and bopped his head to that old (80's? 70's) song "You Dropped The Bomb On Me" and then on day 4 I hear a voice from the back seat yell "I DON'T LIKE THAT SONG MOMMY, TURN IT! PLAY MY SONG!" (Starry-Eyed Surprise in case you're curious). Ummm... hello, I thought he liked the song.

3) Getting ready to go in the morning - Trying to put his clothes and diaper on in the morning is like trying to wrestle an octopus. Suddenly he has more limbs than he should and they're all pushing at me. I'm greeted with "NO! Let me go! Go away mommy" and so forth. So I start to go away and am followed by the panicked scream, "NO, I COMING TOO!". Dude, make up your mind already.

There was one moment this week, however, that I loved his mind change. It was one of those first he insults me then he loves me moments that I'll never forget. I felt HORRIBLE on Monday night and desperately needed to just lay down when I got home from work. He was bugging me to play with him although Mike was telling him "no, mommy is sick, she needs to lay down". William continued to yank at my arm and say "play with me, mommy, come on!" Then as Mike put a blanket over me, William had a change of heart. All of a sudden my little boy takes the blanket, pulls it up to my chin, "tucks" me in, kisses my head and says "get comfy mommy" and walks away to find his dad. Just killed me. How cute was that?