I mean really??? My sweet precious angel of a child doesn't hit or shove....he chooses to SPIT on his friends. I was appalled. Over the past 2 weeks or so, parenting has gotten tough around here. I mentioned this today on the playground to a teacher friend who has a 15 year old and she just laughed out loud at me....obviously knowing there are going to be much harder parenting times ahead of us :) But seriously, this is really the first time that we have had to deal with disciplining Will for something a little more serious than the usual not listening or pat patting Alex too hard or whining, etc. And y'all its hard. It is hard trying to think long and hard about how to explain something in a way that not only your 2 year old will understand, but also doing it quickly because he has the attention span of a fly right now. I talked to him yesterday about it on the way home from school. He told me that his friend had a toy he wanted and his friend told him "NO" and so he spit on him (these were his exact words). Apparently in 2 year old land spitting is a means for getting what you want??!! John talked to him about it on their stroll through the neighborhood. And then we BOTH talked to him about it together before bed. We prayed with him. We prayed for him. And today we didn't come home with a note. He had a good day. But his temperament is just so unpredictable these days. This was the first time he has acted out at school. I know that this doesn't mean he is a bad kid. And I know a lot of it has to do with his age. But it is hard watching your sweet boy expose his sinful heart. And a little sobering.....
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Oops!
This came home with Will yesterday...
I mean really??? My sweet precious angel of a child doesn't hit or shove....he chooses to SPIT on his friends. I was appalled. Over the past 2 weeks or so, parenting has gotten tough around here. I mentioned this today on the playground to a teacher friend who has a 15 year old and she just laughed out loud at me....obviously knowing there are going to be much harder parenting times ahead of us :) But seriously, this is really the first time that we have had to deal with disciplining Will for something a little more serious than the usual not listening or pat patting Alex too hard or whining, etc. And y'all its hard. It is hard trying to think long and hard about how to explain something in a way that not only your 2 year old will understand, but also doing it quickly because he has the attention span of a fly right now. I talked to him yesterday about it on the way home from school. He told me that his friend had a toy he wanted and his friend told him "NO" and so he spit on him (these were his exact words). Apparently in 2 year old land spitting is a means for getting what you want??!! John talked to him about it on their stroll through the neighborhood. And then we BOTH talked to him about it together before bed. We prayed with him. We prayed for him. And today we didn't come home with a note. He had a good day. But his temperament is just so unpredictable these days. This was the first time he has acted out at school. I know that this doesn't mean he is a bad kid. And I know a lot of it has to do with his age. But it is hard watching your sweet boy expose his sinful heart. And a little sobering.....
I mean really??? My sweet precious angel of a child doesn't hit or shove....he chooses to SPIT on his friends. I was appalled. Over the past 2 weeks or so, parenting has gotten tough around here. I mentioned this today on the playground to a teacher friend who has a 15 year old and she just laughed out loud at me....obviously knowing there are going to be much harder parenting times ahead of us :) But seriously, this is really the first time that we have had to deal with disciplining Will for something a little more serious than the usual not listening or pat patting Alex too hard or whining, etc. And y'all its hard. It is hard trying to think long and hard about how to explain something in a way that not only your 2 year old will understand, but also doing it quickly because he has the attention span of a fly right now. I talked to him yesterday about it on the way home from school. He told me that his friend had a toy he wanted and his friend told him "NO" and so he spit on him (these were his exact words). Apparently in 2 year old land spitting is a means for getting what you want??!! John talked to him about it on their stroll through the neighborhood. And then we BOTH talked to him about it together before bed. We prayed with him. We prayed for him. And today we didn't come home with a note. He had a good day. But his temperament is just so unpredictable these days. This was the first time he has acted out at school. I know that this doesn't mean he is a bad kid. And I know a lot of it has to do with his age. But it is hard watching your sweet boy expose his sinful heart. And a little sobering.....
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I'm with you!!!! Audrey had a rough few days at the beach last week and I mean ROUGH! She pulled everything out of her hat-- hitting, scratching, pulling hair, telling her friend that "you uggie" (ugly as in behavior not looks), etc. I put her in time out and she CAME OUT! It was definitely not my finest few moments as a mother. It is really, really hard to be a momma.
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