Joshua's Morning Meltdown

First Joshua decided that he wanted the ball that Jacob was playing on, even though Joshua's ball was sitting in the other corner. It got him in trouble, but we didn't take away anything yet. Then went back over to the couch, and realized that he couldn't find the remote control to the TV. He was yelling and being very grouchy, and looking around (or at least pretending to), getting madder by the minute. After a few minutes of trying to calm him and utterly failing, I told him that I would turn off his Blue's Clues and let Jacob watch the TV. He screamed and wailed, and still refused to look for the remote where I told him to look.

I found the remote within about 10 seconds, and he was still wailing and throwing a fit. Off went the Blue's Clues, and Joshua went ballistic. Jacob, the whole time this is going on, is holding his ears and trying to ignore us. I refused to let him have his android tablet, until he calmed down. Anyway, my wife was taking a nap at the time (common for one of us to sleep while the other watches the kids at times), and was fed up with Joshua's yelling, preventing her from sleeping. She made him go into his room, with him still screaming and told him he could come down when he calmed down.

So, to make a long story shorter, he ended up leaving his room once, got in trouble with his momma, then eventually after all of this happening for about 30-45 minutes total, he finally calmed down enough to be able to come back down stairs and calmly play on his tablet. Of course, he did not get his Blue's Clues back because of how long he raged and yelled.

Just a typical morning meltdown with hurricane Joshua. And now, I'm taking a nap!