FITS......

Our babies are actually toddlers now, and one thing that we experience a lot with them is the temper tantram, or fit. It is something that goes along with the age, but I have also found with our kids that it can be even something more. Sometimes when I had to go home in the middle of the day, or when things didn't go like they wanted it would start. What I do is to just hold them firmly in the time out chair. At times I have been bitten, spit on and kicked until they are able to calm down once again. It seems that all of their pain, pressures, and dissatisfaction with life in general seem to come out at that moment. At first it was shocking and hard. but through patience, I found to be firm with love was the best thing for them. After the fit would pass, they would come to me, crawl up into my lap, hug me and let me hug them too. God is like that with us. Sometimes when we are mad and have our fits, we strike out at Him, but he patiently waits for us to return to his lap, where he can love us and we can love Him.