Monday, November 10, 2008
Hitting
I don't know where Sal learned to do this... probably nursery... but she's been hitting Scott and I. (I'm glad she's learning such good things at church.) She's very calculating. When she's upset with something I won't let her have or do then she glares at me, swings back, then lets me have it in the middle of the face. Then she looks at me with big eyes and cries. It makes me want to laugh hysterically which is weird because when she was a couple months old she started biting me while nursing... and that made me livid. I use to have to give her to Scott so I could have a minute to calm down. Back then she had no idea that she was hurting me, and now she clearly hopes to inflict some kind of punishment on me. It makes me giggle just thinking about it. I know, it doesn't make a lot of sense. This is what I want to know, when your kids hurt you, or use to hurt you, when did it make you mad or not mad, and what did you do about it? Mom, did I hit you in the face? I'm sorry.
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ok, i totally laughed when i read this post. hehe. i remember the first time elliot slapped me in the face, hard. i was so sad. i don't think i had ever been hit in the face before. now, well, i get mad when they mean it. when they are just frustrated or excited, i usually am just amused. don't worry, it's not your last time. you have more to experience. put your guard up.
fred doesn't hit yet. stella hits us sometimes. chloe is past that. but she has started laughing at us when we tell her to stop something. we try to use really serious tones to let her know we mean it. she just keeps laughing and ignoring. it is so infuriating.
It sounds like it's time to start singing the "Uh-Oh Song". I know, I sound like a broken record, but remember Ben's bathtub breakfast? This is what saved us both. "Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years" Maybe your Amazon gift cert. will come in handy here. It's worth its weight in gold!!!! I love Love & Logic. I've just started the "Teens" version- I'm not getting hit in the face physically anymore, but it still feels like it sometimes! Good luck to us both!
oh kate nothing else is like the experience of kids. I think you should just laugh hysterically and see how sal reacts. i remember reading sister hinckleys book and she said they had lots of laughter at their home especially when things went wrong. good luck love you-ann
Hey Kate,
I meant to give you this website address last night--today's post is pretty funny: cakewrecks.blogspot.com
Also, you're welcome to come look at my blog too!
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