ALEX.....

Do you have an ALex? Does anyone else on this planet have an Alex? My patience has been tested for over 4 years now with mine. I love my son, I really do, He is a special gift from god and I believe this with all of my heart, I call him " my special" because both of us almost died trying to bring him into this world. BUT MY GOD, how much more am I supposed to take. He is not your normal 4 yr old child. OH NOOOOOO. This HAS got to be a grown person stuck inside this tiny body. I KNOW HE IS. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE can order this child AROUND, You have to reason/barter with him, Granted the Boy has 5 older siblings: an 18 yr old sister that he has learned attitude and bad words from as well as his love of makeup and all things girly, a 15 yr old brother that he has learned how to tease and torment others with, a 10 yr old brother who he has learned how to push other people's buttons to enjoy the rise he gets from them, and 13 & 16 yr old step brothers, that he has learned to try to be gangster from. NO KIDDING. GANGSTER HERE IN OHIO. LMFAO. uh sure. I have always had a hard time disciplining Alex, he had a seizure 2 months before he turned 2 and after that I just couldnt be too strict with him which has manifested itself into what I call ALEXANDER. I take full responsibility with the Monster I have created, But this tiny adult is super smart, he tries to outwit me and where he fails ALL THE TIME its amusing to listen to him try to explain his situations. HE DOES what he wants when he wants and its not happening anymore. I have tried every punishment possible, do any of them work. NOPE. they sure dont. HOW does one discipline a child who has so many different attributes to them.? you cant. reasoning is a good thing, sometimes it works sometimes It does not. He knows its CHOICE A OR CHOICE B and btw he usually pulls his tricks when both hands are tied, (changing diapers or gasp having a minute to use the potty myself). so today after trying to wake his sister up from her nap this is what happened:
. Alex got into trouble, so I sent him up to lay on his bed. While folding the god awful amounts of laundry I have, I heard after many attempts to get me to answer him by saying “I love you mama, moooommmm, mommmmmm, I love you”, then this is what I heard from him:
“GENIE, GENIE, why you so mean.” (not , why ARE you so mean, but why you so mean), I thought I didn’t hear right, so I went to the steps to listen, he kept repeating this, and I had to put my hand over my mouth so I didn’t bust out laughing, then I went back to doing the laundry, & I heard, “MUDDER, MUDDER, whyyy you break my heart?”
He has a memory like a damn elephant, but yet he still gets into trouble. here are some recent pics of MY alex, he has the prettiest eyes, which I try not to look at when Im mad at him for you know: getting a steak knife out, or trying to dissect one of his brothers electronic toys, or climbing into the pantry to reach anything in the back, because he has not explored there yet. GAH. OH YES: these were taken after he got into his sisters Make-up. He was thoroughly pleased with himself. He thought he looked so good with all of his makeup on. HOW can anyone be upset when you see something like this coming downstairs to you, I just cant. sometimes the crap he pulls makes me want to bust out laughing, I mean its so clever, and then there are the times that its one thing after another and I want to beat him. I feel like I am a cop with him all the time. if Only he could understand that he cracks me up daily, and at the same time drives me a little more insane with trying to be slicker than he is. I understand that No one can fully understand what it is like to have an ALEX, so be thankful you dont.