Snot An Excuse For Fighting!

Last Thursday, I woke up with a sore throat. I just blew it off thinking that maybe it was the weird weather and all.

Then, the babies all woke up, and I KNEW that I was in trouble. Everyone had a runny and green nose.

At first, I thought maybe that it was all caused by the pollen and that maybe it was just allergies.

Boy, was I wrong! I had it, Husband ended up with it, and all three of the babies ended up getting it.

Nothing would contain the ever-running river of green snot, either. I tried Claritin, Triaminic Strips, and even Benadryl and Motrin.

The Motrin did help with the low fever, and the Benadryl was a huge hit because it happened to be grape flavored and the babies, as luck would have it, ADORE grape!

Unfortunately, all the medicine did, it seems, is cause the babies to fight. Not just a tiny bit of baby bickering, either, but all out brawling.

At my house, we usually do not have three of everything. Sometimes the boys will each have a car, but it would be a different color or style but similar.

But, as luck would have it, we have only ONE Little People Garage. And that, my friends, is the root of all that is snot evil.

I have never, EVER seen my tiny trio fight this badly over something so silly. After all, this is the sort of toy that really is more fun if you have a buddy to share it with.

This is just not to be so at my house, though. Nope, come Friday, I noticed all three of the babies standing at their respective sides of the train table, with the table clear of everything save the Garage and the cars inside it.

Then, it started. Kaiden pulled the Garage over to his side of the table. This led to Vivienne pulling the Garage to the end of the table so it would rest in front of her.

Kian of course just naturally felt compelled to follow suit and pull that Garage across the table to rest comfortably in front of him.

This went on for about five minutes of that Garage being relocated and slid across that train table.

Finally, Kaiden ended up falling on his behind and crying over losing the Garage. Kian had given up and had taken his stance in the middle of the living room to loudly voice his disdain over the situation and was screaming.

Vivienne, the obvious winner of the Garage fight, was crying as well. Why she cried I shall never know or understand, but she was.

This was the tame fight. Over the weekend, the snot flowed freely, as did the grape flavored medicines and the fights increased and got worse.

Sunday afternoon, it all seemed to culminate. Kaiden was sitting on his favorite side of the train table, and had wedged himself into the drawer that he thinks makes a nice seat.

Kian, had taken up residence in the drawer on the opposite side of the train table and was innocently playing with the Garage by himself, running the cars up the ramp, and down the elevator.

Vivienne decided, for whatever reason, that it would be a great idea to climb up on her end of the train table and stand next to the Garage and land her helicopter on the landing pad on its roof.

This, for some reason, angered Kaiden, and inspired him to try and trip his baby sister. If he couldn't play with the Garage, then why should she?

Kian wasn't too bothered by anything, until the Garage slid from Vivienne falling into it. Yep, Kaiden somehow had tripped her with another car, and she had caught her balance on the Garage making Kian think that she was trying to steal it away.

Kian began to cry and pull the Garage towards him which set Vivienne's balance off and down she went.

She fell flat on her back among the various cars on the table. Kaiden decided that she should stay down, and climbed on top of her to keep her from getting to the Garage.

Blow after blow followed until I was able to separate the three of them safely and rescue Vivienne from her rather prone position.

She and Kai both have little bruises on their temple so that it looks as if they are about to sprout a fresh pair of horns.

Kian came away without any bruises, but he was inconsolable for about thirty minutes afterward.

I am torn. They do not normally act like this over their toys. In fact, they are pretty good and used to sharing for the most part.

All I can think of is that it is being sick that is making them fight like little heathens. I just do not know. But I do know that its Snot an excuse for fighting!