I am down. I have sick kids - and I feel like crap. I feel like I am the worst parent in the world sometimes. I love these 3 girls so much.....then I go and do something (like spank them) and feel awful. My eldest and I are just at war with each other lately. She hurts her younger sisters - and nothing I have tried so far is helping -
She called me stupid yesterday. She did not get her way - and she called me stupid. I was shocked -
and she tells me NO -
Now - I feel like I am pretty on top of the parenting game. I interact/play with them all the time. We have activities - camping - walks. I read to them, go to church with them, pray with them....
I hold them, love them, protect them - then I have a 7 year old almost break the 5 year old's arm and I lose it and whip the 7 year old's butt. What lesson did that teach?????
I use the corner - time out -
I follow 1-2-3 magic....
I guess I need to make a behavior chart and hang it here at the house - because at school she is PERFECT! SHe is the teacher pet, the helper, the one the teacher tells the sub to ask about anything...
but at home....OMG!!!
And I am alone -
hubby tunes into the tv and I must deal on my own...
and we just got back from his Christmas party - had a great time (sans hair appointment from hell!!)
SO why am I soooo stressed???
Bummed out -
feel like shit!