Happy Birthday Baby Boy!
My dear sweet, emotional, empathetic, little boy is turning nine!
He is such a terrific kid! He's also impulsive, hates change (including surprises), and enjoys getting responses from others that cause a great deal of energy to fill the air. For him, waiting for holidays and birthdays makes him absolutely nutty. It seems like every year he gets especially squirrelly and nervous around his birthday. The feeling of unpredictability for the upcoming day is sometimes just too much for him and constantly wondering what he might receive from friends and family as gifts can make him absolutely crazy.
In previous years he would "prepare" weeks ahead of time, by pleading for early birthday presents, asking repeatedly if they were wrapped yet, and planning the theme in order to decorate & get ready way early. This year his excitable, squirrel-like irritability started just this last week, so that is progress right?! For a little guy who can't stand surprises and hates waiting even more, it should come as no surprise that he should be one to "look for" his presents. Every year about this time I find that he has discovered at least a few of the treasures. This year is no exception as his dad caught him with his proverbial hand in the cookie jar. He'd pulled out all the gifts into the open and was checking them all out when his dad walked in. BUSTED!
Were any of you "snoopy" when you were a kid or do you have kids yourself who are? Why do you think that is?
I think for him, it might be a coping strategy to prevent being surprised. For example, on other gift giving occasions I have found he was much happier with items he already knew were coming than with those which he was surprised by on that day. Maybe he associated them with bring surprised, could there be subsequent anxiety later, or maybe he has the desperate need to ease his anxiety now; then again, maybe it's all those things and more. It's hard when you are so sensitive... I know this is one little guy who LOVES his birthdays and ALWAYS wants the BEST birthday party ever, but hates the waiting, the anxiety, and the uncertainty of parties, gifts, and guests. What a conundrum! Happy Birthday Darlin' Boy of Mine!
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