Karma, oh karma. My yougest child is loud, demanding and borderline OCD. She is stubborn and so very, very independent. She sort of reminds me of someone. Now, who could that be? Hmmm... Okay, okay she's like me. She gets it from me. I confess. My father can be pretty strict with the kids, so they all know to behave at his house. M on the other hand is stubborn (again, like someone I know), so she hasn't mastered the shut your mouth because you can't possibly win method of behaving at my parent's house (again, familiar?). My other kids have been spending the night with them since they were 3 or 4, M is 5 and is still not allowed to sleep over at their house. My little brother calls her Hitler because she is the dictator of our family. I clash with her quite a bit since we seem to resemble each other slightly. My husband on the other hand, after having been with me for 18 years knows exactly how to handle her. Even though she's a challenge and has been since conception (she was born 5 weeks early literally screaming, and in the NICU she would pull the eye shields off her face while she was under the bili light!), she does manage to surprise me somewhat frequently. The other day she came up to me and told me that when I gave her a hug her heart beat faster because she loves me so much. She is truly one of a kind.
