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Perhaps it is lack of sleep, or just her age. But today is Melt Down Thursday. I had plans to spend the morning on just one errand, and decided to cancel. I knew that I wouldn’t get far. Neither one of us need to be upset, so I thought it would be good to take it easy. Hang out outside, blow bubbles, dip our toes in the pool, check out the bugs, pull some weeds, pick dandelions. But the sun is hot, and the bugs are viscious. She got a bite in her ear last night. Poor thing. It itches like crazy and is red and swollen. , and it seems to be helping. After just 15 minutes outside, she was ready to come inside.
How fun, I thought, let’s make yogurt mango pops! She loves yogurt pops (how wonderful while I am still noodeling around with the recipe – anybody have a good, healthy one?) I got the yogurt out, the frozen mango, the pop holders and the blender. She stared at the blender. Now mind you – Iz cooks with me ALL THE TIME. She presses the buttons, stirs the mix, cuts the butter, washes the vegetables. You name it. She helped me fill the blender with frozen mango. We pressed the button together and the blender was loud and fast – the lid popped. That’s when it all fell apart. I had no idea it would scare her that much. She leaped into my arms, her arms squeezing my neck, screaming and sobbing. Scared out of her mind. It was pretty scary I guess.
Further into our downward spiral. shucks. She left the room while I finished the blending. When I was done, I called her back in and started to poor the mix into the pop holders. The sobbing was back. I couldn’t understand. Throwing anything she could find, biting the tower she was in, biting her hand. Poor exhausted thing.
We somehow were able to get the pops all done and she carried them into the freezer. The sobbing ended. Amazing.
She’s napping now. It took her almost an hour to fall asleep. Too tired to sleep I guess. Sweet little munchkin. We’ll have yogurt/mango pops when she wakes up. Hopefully, she’ll sleep as long as she needs and not wake up sooner. It’s a beautiful day.
Those are the days, eh? My wee one is two and a half so we hit melt down days too. What I wonder is why they always happen on days I am least able to deal with it? I must be vibing her into a black hole of moodiness!
As far as ice-pops go we put in plaine yogurt, a bunch of frozen mixed berries and some a dash of juice to thin it out a bit. We also just started putting in frozen spinach. I am not the type to put frozen spinach in ice-pops but I assure you that there is no taste to it and if you are two, you tend to not mind the green flecks!