this whole terrible 2's thing is getting old! i love that jack is learning new things everyday and hearing his sweet voice, but he is really trying my patience lately. once he has his mind set on something it is nearly impossible to change it. examples: at the dinner table when he is done he is d.o.n.e, at mama and me when he wants to leave he wants to leave right then, when trying to get him in the carseat and he spots a toy...he HAS to have that toy before he will get in that seat, and many more times when his terrible 2's come out.
anyway, we are really struggling with discipline lately. i have always told myself that i would not ever spank my children. i was never spanked and look how i turned out :) we have tried taking toys away, time out, taking a show away, talking to him calmly, yelling, and yes we have even tried spanking! none of it seems to work right now. he finds time out to be funny and will not stay in one place (i guess i need to start doing the supernanny thing and keep putting him back in the time out place for a 2 minutes). spanking only ends in tears and makes me feel worse than when the bad behavior was happening. talking calmly does seem to work some of the time. yelling just makes him mad and makes my blood pressure rise.
even though talking calmly works in the moment (sometimes) he quickly does the same thing that he got in trouble for 2o minutes later. why is that?? i feel like we tell him "no" for the same thing over and over and over!! examples: hitting, head butting, kicking, saying "no way", throwing sippy cups at us, throwing his fork across the table, running away from us when we say "come here", and many more things.
i hope this passes soon.
but i go from being mad at him to kissing his sweet cheeks! he is just too stinkin cute to be mad at.
i also am very tired of him being such a picky eater. i feel like he eats the same thing everyday...like we are stuck in groundhog day! i honestly think he is getting tired of it too. he just hasn't been eating very well. tonight we are going to put in front of him the same thing we are eating and that is it! maybe that is what i need to start doing and then he will get the hint! ha! i guess this is pay back for me being so picky when i was little, huh mom?
i am going research this and see what i "should" be doing. please don't judge me. i pray for him all the time that he will grow up to know God and be a sweet boy. i guess i need to start praying for God to give me more patience. i know this stage will pass, but it sure is hard right now.
good news is i still love him with all my heart...temper tantrums and all!!
anyway, we are really struggling with discipline lately. i have always told myself that i would not ever spank my children. i was never spanked and look how i turned out :) we have tried taking toys away, time out, taking a show away, talking to him calmly, yelling, and yes we have even tried spanking! none of it seems to work right now. he finds time out to be funny and will not stay in one place (i guess i need to start doing the supernanny thing and keep putting him back in the time out place for a 2 minutes). spanking only ends in tears and makes me feel worse than when the bad behavior was happening. talking calmly does seem to work some of the time. yelling just makes him mad and makes my blood pressure rise.
even though talking calmly works in the moment (sometimes) he quickly does the same thing that he got in trouble for 2o minutes later. why is that?? i feel like we tell him "no" for the same thing over and over and over!! examples: hitting, head butting, kicking, saying "no way", throwing sippy cups at us, throwing his fork across the table, running away from us when we say "come here", and many more things.
i hope this passes soon.
but i go from being mad at him to kissing his sweet cheeks! he is just too stinkin cute to be mad at.
i also am very tired of him being such a picky eater. i feel like he eats the same thing everyday...like we are stuck in groundhog day! i honestly think he is getting tired of it too. he just hasn't been eating very well. tonight we are going to put in front of him the same thing we are eating and that is it! maybe that is what i need to start doing and then he will get the hint! ha! i guess this is pay back for me being so picky when i was little, huh mom?
i am going research this and see what i "should" be doing. please don't judge me. i pray for him all the time that he will grow up to know God and be a sweet boy. i guess i need to start praying for God to give me more patience. i know this stage will pass, but it sure is hard right now.good news is i still love him with all my heart...temper tantrums and all!!
