I am Kyle's self-indulgence

Boy, I'd heard the twos would be bad, but I never imagined it would be this bad. Daniel is just impossible to reason with.

When we're picking up the house, it is very important to him that everything be put away neatly and in its right place. And if we put his things away for him he gets upset because he wants to put them away by himself.

And what a struggle eating is! Today at lunch he wouldn't eat his sandwich because he just wanted to eat his raw carrots and broccoli. Even after he finished his, he was asking me to give him more carrots off my plate.

And then there are the problems with his baby sister. Daniel is constantly wanting to hug her and kiss her and read to her. It's unbearable.

I just don't know how much of more of this difficult behavior I can take.

(Seriously, though: I'm amazed at what a sweet and cooperative little boy Daniel is. How we ended up with him I have no idea)