Dyk I know!!! I'm already dreading that day. I LOVE holding her while she's sleeping, and listening to all her little noises. And I love when she breathes on me because her breath smells so good!
Dyk I can't even talk about this anymore, it's going to make me cry, lol!
dyk it's worse for me with Ellie b/c she may be my last (Sean is worried that if we have another we'd be pressing our luck on having another child with bipolar disorder) and Ellie is SO INDEPENDENT!!!
dyk in this book she's gonna blow, chapter 5 is about abuse -- physical, emotional and spiritual -- rdefining and taking a hard look at excessive and uncontrolled reactions and actions by parents -- even well meaning, well loving, etc
dyk I can apply most of it to my life, I have been uncontrolled, unreasonable and abusive by these standards two specific times that I can think of but my overall feeling after reading the chapter was that she's taken quite a "stretch" with some of the examples and definitions
dyk but it did reinforce that we are doing something RIGHT by trying to blatantly parent with grace and teach the kids about giving others grace (and consideration)
dyk the other day ABi snuck girl scout cookies and Sean took a really hard stance with NO MORE FOOD TONIGHT and Abi of course went BESERK
dyk some family discussion, I asked Sean if this was indeed a battle he wanted to fight (he was escalated, Abi was escalated -- I could see it heading south quickly)
dyk and I could tell it wasn't REALLY a battle but he'd sort of choisen it in the heat of the moment and he waivered, I didn't pressure he finally sort of shrugged and I said do you want to treat it with grace and he just nodded (knowing like me that it's often easier! lol)
dyk so I told Abigail -- "You don't deserve any more food because you stole cookies that you were told NOT to eat. But Daddy has decided to give you grace and that means even though you do not deserve any more food, you have not earned any more food, we do believe that your tummy is hungry and we will allow you to have your bedtime snack."
dyk she was of course, required to work it out with Sean and when he said yes she could have some fruit, she told him thank you and gave him a very tight hug.
dyk and the other day when I spanked Deklan, prob the first "real" spanking I've given (other than a get your attention smack on the butt with my spoon or hand) he slept for 2 hours and since then he had behaved much more appropriately and has sought attention in a much more positive way
dyk only ONCE since then has he acted out and tried to bother Abigail and it simply took a stern look from me to deter him.
dyk Ellie -- she's just a joy and she's never been disciplined. lol she just does what you ask, what is modelled -- she picks up her toys, she cleans up her room, she cares for her sippy cups, binkies, shoes, and throws her trash in the trash can.
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dyk so when I laid her down, she handed me two handfuls of them
dyk then she had this sly grin and she opened her lips and in her teeth she had ONE MORE lol
dyk ugh come on summer when I don't have to interrupt her naps!
dyk and Ellie is only barely about to be 2.
Dyk I can't even talk about this anymore, it's going to make me cry, lol!
dyk she barely needs me and she's not even 2.
dyk I can apply most of it to my life, I have been uncontrolled, unreasonable and abusive by these standards two specific times that I can think of but my overall feeling after reading the chapter was that she's taken quite a "stretch" with some of the examples and definitions
dyk the other day ABi snuck girl scout cookies and Sean took a really hard stance with NO MORE FOOD TONIGHT and Abi of course went BESERK
dyk some family discussion, I asked Sean if this was indeed a battle he wanted to fight (he was escalated, Abi was escalated -- I could see it heading south quickly)
dyk and I could tell it wasn't REALLY a battle but he'd sort of choisen it in the heat of the moment and he waivered, I didn't pressure he finally sort of shrugged and I said do you want to treat it with grace and he just nodded (knowing like me that it's often easier! lol)
dyk so I told Abigail -- "You don't deserve any more food because you stole cookies that you were told NOT to eat. But Daddy has decided to give you grace and that means even though you do not deserve any more food, you have not earned any more food, we do believe that your tummy is hungry and we will allow you to have your bedtime snack."
dyk she was of course, required to work it out with Sean and when he said yes she could have some fruit, she told him thank you and gave him a very tight hug.
dyk only ONCE since then has he acted out and tried to bother Abigail and it simply took a stern look from me to deter him.
dyk Ellie -- she's just a joy and she's never been disciplined. lol she just does what you ask, what is modelled -- she picks up her toys, she cleans up her room, she cares for her sippy cups, binkies, shoes, and throws her trash in the trash can.
dyk apparently, 3rd times a charm
dyk I had his medicine for him and he wanted a chocolate boost but couldn't get it open and made a HUGE production of trying to get it open
dyk and setting it in front of me and sighing
dyk NEVER asked me to help or to open it
dyk so I just dropped the little tablet in his mouth and said, swallow it.
dyk and he did, lol
dyk he never did get his drink open
dyk love it!!
dyk proof that good things come to those who seek them out and work hard!
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