It has just been one of those kind of days.....
Post #1 -
It was a FIVE SPANKING DAY with Sam (and three time outs!). I don't know what is going on with her right now but she is SO whinny and disobedient I cannot get her to listen at all. I will tell her not to do something and she will turn right around and do it anyway. I give warnings, I do the counting thing, I try distracting her, I try making good behavior fun...nothing seems to help on a consistent basis. By the end of today I had completely had it with her and I turned the TV on just to shut her up and get some quiet while I cooked dinner.
I don't want to be the mean mom, the crabby mom and the spanking all the time mom but if I cannot get her to listen to me I don't know what other choice I have. Some days I think she is over tired but she acts the same even on days when she has had a long nap. Some times I think maybe she isn't eating enough at meals but she acts the same even when I give her snacks between meals.
I feel like a broken record sometimes with my complaints about Sam but we just haven't figured anything out. I need this phase (Oh PLEASE let it be a phase!) to be over soon or I am going to go crazy. On days like this I just feel like I am loosing myself with all the yelling and not even able to enjoy a beautiful sunny day. It sucks!
Post #2 -
Avery is in such a FUN stage right now! She is eating solid foods really well and breastfeeding less often which is great. She loves green beans and gobbles down a big bowl at both lunch and dinner. I think eating green beans for breakfast is weird so she just does plain oatmeal cereal. We stick with one new food every three days so by this weekend we will introduce peas and maybe avocados. Another week or so (once I get her liking a few more vegetables) then I get to introduce fruits and that is when it gets REALLY fun. I just love making baby food. I am even saving the water from when I boil the vegetables in nalgenes in the frig this time around (I didn't do that with Sam) so that I can use that water to mix with the rice cereal. I have been told that the water used for boiling ends up having a lot of the nutrients in it so it makes sense to save it and use it if I can.
She is working on sitting up, giggling all the time and just so much fun right now. I love every little minute with her and am really enjoying being her mom right now!!
So, is it awful that I can feel so totally different about my two girls right now?
2 comments:
Oh Abbie I really feel for you! It is just a phase I promise. At least that is what I tell myself when the little man is pushing my buttons! He is currently screaming in his crib while I type this. Things will get better...hang in there. :)
just wanted to mention... I do think she is tired. when we went to the sleep specialist a few years ago she said kids get over-tired SO easily and to fix it can take weeks/months. So one good nap day might not really do much. She's so little to have given up her nap completely and I really wonder what would happen if you put her to bed SUPER early for a week straight. Remember when we had to do that with Bails? We started at 5:30pm and then after a week moved to 6pm and finally to 6:30 where it stayed for a LONG time... even with a nap that's just what she needed.
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