SM OWNS IT ALL.
He walks in tentatively and I chuckle behind him.
I go around him and walk into the kitchen where I have Sophia in time-out 'till further notice.
"Sophia, your Daddy's' here…" I try to soothe her again.
Bad idea. She takes one look at him and starts yelling "NO! NO!"
She yells and mumbles words that we don't understand.
Edward and I look at each other, clueless. We're the epitome of parents of the year. Yeah, right. Edward has been witness to a few small tantrums over the past few months, but this is something else.
He walks over to her and kneels down next to her. "Sophie what's wrong, baby?"
"I no wanna...see…you." She glares at him. Hurt flashes through his eyes and he looks up at me for help.
"I …I don't know what's wrong," I say.
He tries again. "Why don't you want to see me? What's wrong?"
"I don't like you," she mumbles at first, and then she screams, "I DON'T LIKE YOUUU!" She tries to hit him with her little fists, but he catches both with one hand. That doesn't go well with her so she thrashes around. It's beyond ridiculous and I feel so bad for Edward.
"That's enough Sophia!" he says. The authority in his voice makes her stop the screaming and thrashing.
She whimpers, "Mo-om…Bellaa-s." She reaches her arms out to me, asking me to hold her.
"You have to say sorry to Daddy, Sophia. You can't be yelling at him like that," I say softly.
"But I don't like him Bella-s," she whines. I lift her up in my arms and she buries her face in my neck.
Edward looks devastated. He stands up slowly and runs his hands through his hair again. The pain that I see in his eyes breaks my heart.
"I can go…" Edward says. I can see that he doesn't want to. I don't want him to.
"No…no, you don't have to. She's just upset still. She's gonna take a nap, so she'll probably be in a better mood later," I try to reassure him.
He nods, trusting me.
Have you ever had these words thrown at you by a two year old? sigh. All I wanted to do was give my kid a bath and he "hates me"...and "i'm not his friend." He's lucky i love him :)