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11 years ago
It's been a very rough day for Christopher and I today. Sophie has been cute as can be. He has been pushing buttons I don't think even God knew I had. Ok, I know that isn't true, but I really wish that He would test me so much. I don't think I can handle much more.
He has been going through a challenging phase which involves the following:
- one word commands/baby talk (looking at me and saying things like, "milk!")
- whining because he doesn't know how to put any article of clothing on. He's lying. (Sophie has been dressing herself for weeks now. You are about to see just how much!)
- strongly refusing to do anything we ask him to (whether we use a nice voice or not he either ignores us or just says, "no," or whines uncontrollably)
- throwing many fits a day b/c of anything and everything
- dumps toys all over the house and won't clean them up (I'd hide them, but I have nowhere to put them, trust me, I've thought about it!)
- I tell him not to do something and he flat out ignores me and then does it. (It's a good thing he doesn't look at me with that "what are you going to do about it?" look. Deadly.)
Now don't get me wrong, we've had a few good moments every now and then. Like last night, he temporarily figured out that when he uses a nice, polite voice that Mommy will do things with a smile and be happy. When he doesn't, Mommy is a "mean girl." (His words.) He also told me numerous times how much he loved the supper that I made and how yummy it was. He even wanted me to sit by him and was upset when I forgot. I quickly moved and things were better. ((And right now he just brought me a bag of toy groceries and said something sweet.))
This is so frustrating b/c of several reasons. He is my sweet precious little boy and has turned into this child that I want to sell at a yard sale on Saturday. I'm sure a lot of this is built up b/c Brandon has been on call the last two weekends and will be again this weekend, so the kids and I are spending entirely too much time together without him. I think the other slap in the face is that when a friend watches him they tell me how sweet and polite he was while I was gone. I finally started asking him, after a rude comment was made by him, "Is that how you would speak to Miss Wendi?" And then he would say whatever again in a much nicer and happier voice. ((And now he just took the toy food bag back and dumped it on the floor as he walked back to Sophie's room where they came from. He just looked at them like he could care less.))
I think the other reason that this is so frustrating is b/c the Bible study I'm doing is called Conversation Peace and I did great at first, but now not so much. I feel like I'm yelling all the time. And you know you are when one of you kids puts his hands over his ears half the time you are talking to him. As Wendi said on her blog today, "UGH!!!!!!!!" (her's was for different reasons than mine.)
I want to end this post with some photos of today though to be happy about the two kids that I am very blessed to have in my life. Then I'm going to see if I can get them to start cleaning up b/c as I was writing this I could hear all the baskets in Sophie's room being dumped out on her floor and they paraded around in my shoes again. Brandon and I have a date coming up on Saturday and I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing him again. We need to go out more often, but just haven't been able to due to schedule conflicts. Hope you had a good day today and that we do tomorrow! : )
(lucky dog!)
Sophie in outfit #2 taking care of her babies. We started out in a very cute running suit.
What I found when I got out of the shower. You can't see the water covering the counter. Christopher has already stripped b/c he was getting so wet. Sophie in outfit #3.
Finally, Sophie in outfit #4 (all were worn within 2 1/2 hours). The babies are awake and she uses this bin of clothes for Anne Morgan as a changing table.
After lunch I went to get the mail and the kids had valentine's from Nana, each holding a dollar. I told them we could go to the Dollar Tree and these are the items they chose:
Sophie - a "barbie" doll that lost her leg while we were waiting at the light leaving the store. She took her dress off too (which do you notice that a $1 doll has more clothing than a $20 one?) When we got home I noticed that one of her boobs is cracked too. Yup! Top to bottom. She's in serious need of some plastic surgery!
Christopher - Did I even need to bother showing you?
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Sounds like you had a doozey of a day! Tomorrow will be better. Have a great date night on Saturday.
Nancy, Jeremy, Jack, Julianne, and Cole said...
8:45 PM
I like the cracked boob one legged Barbie. Sophie has good taste. :-)
Lauren W said...
9:26 PM
We went through this with Will at the age of 3 too. Three was a VERY difficult year for our relationship! We went to a parenting seminar of a man named John Roseman (I think that's his name) and it was very good and informative on how to handle your exact situations. He wrote a book called "parenting by the Book" You might want to google this book and read it. It's all about parenting by the Bible and how our grandparents did things. I don't agree with everything he says or does but it was very helpful! I can tell you that there is HOPE! Four has been a much better age for us, but there are still frustrations but it's so much better now.
Christine said...
11:34 PM
Man, you have written alot of what I have been feeling lately too. Nicholas is definitely getting alot sweeter and fun to be around, but at the turn of a switch it is all over. Fun times. I hope your day goes better today.
The Khans said...
8:37 AM
I love Sophie taking care of her babies. Precious.
starnes family said...
8:13 PM