When is it ok to loose it? I mean really loose it! Like sending your kids to their rooms until they're 20 loose it!? Start buying wholesale padding for your walls and locking yourself in your room until your kids are married loose it!? Or deciding that you're crazy and saving yourself the time and energy and checking yourself into the loony ben loose it!?
So this week my kids have:
~fought non-stop.
~kicked and terrified the dog and pulled her tail.
~tried to lock me out of the house when I get my oldest off the school bus.
~hit each other.
~tracked in dog poop on my newly mopped kitchen floor.
~destroyed the playroom. And I mean DESTROYED the playroom!
~climbed up to the 2nd shelf on the built in bookshelves.
~talked back non-stop.
~embarrassed the hell out of me in the store.
~colored on the wall with a red colored pencil.
~peed on the carpet.
~set off the car alarm enough times to make the neighbors think something is terribly wrong.
~gone outside with no pants on when it's like 14 degrees outside. (bet you can't guess which kid that was! lol)
~all three of them have decided to take turns waking up in the middle of the night to make sure that mommy gets *no* sleep! It's a conspiracy...I swear it!
Oh I could go on and on!!!
So again, my question is, when is it ok to loose it? Sending them to their rooms doesn't work. Sending them to time-out doesn't work. Threatening them with toys, games and privileges being taken away doesn't work. Making them hug for 5 minutes doesn't work. Yelling doesn't work. Oh...(sigh) what is a mother to do? Any advice? Or should I just admit to myself that I'm not going to have kids that listen to or respect me and that being mommy doesn't mean that I'm going to win?
My house has been a mess for a week. My kids have run me down so much that by dinner time I'm making them "lazy soups" (Ramon noodles), grilled cheese, carrots and oranges because I'm so tired. They've been running around the house like crazy wild hyenas on Ritalin and I have practically no control. Will this get easier? Will I have to start dying my hair to cover up the grays soon?
I love my kids more than words can ever say but I feel like I have no control over them whatsoever! And the worst part is that they are usually really good kids and get along pretty well but ever since they were off school for the hoidays things have been crazy! HELP!!!
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LOL, are you *sure* your not talking about *my* children and *my* house?? haha... I soooo know where you're coming from, and I wish I had the answers for you! My kids -- my oldest 2, mainly, are just HORRIBLE with each other. They fight all the time, they talk back, and they dont listen to me at all. I'd like to say "they grow out of it as they get older", but really, I don't know if that's the truth! Try to hang in there... Maybe they've just been having a bad week and this week will be a better week for you all!
(Why did someone pee on the carpet? Do I want to know?? LOL)
LOL! Well my son *never* wears pants! He hates them! And the other night I was getting him ready to get in the bath and he was running around naked and my oldest dared him to pee...so he did! YUCK! It wasn't a lot, just a dribble but still gross!
I'm so sorry you're having a rough week! I hope things get better.
With my son, I've found the punishment doesn't matter as much as being consistent. If I warn him about something, I have to follow through every single time. If I miss just once, he thinks it's fair game to do it. So even though it's a pain, I have to be super watchful. We use time-outs now, after trying about everything.
Oh, and if it makes you feel any better, my son peed on my sister's foot one day. I think just because he could.
awwww...hope things settle down for you soon! tracking in dog poop is the worst....we have 3 dogs and it happens all the time!
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