Asked for a break
a bit dizzy, had to sit
Ironflower MAD
It is the most gorgeous day of 2008 thus far, and after story time I took the kids to the playground. We had walked, so by the time we got to the park I was a little tired. On the way there, I had called Hubby and convinced him to bring us lunch so that we could have a family picnic. Upon arrival, the kiddos headed for the swings. Soon Lovebug wanted to get down and run around, but not Ironflower.
I soon realized that with the actual heat, the pushing the stroller full of library books and my basic nausea that I needed to sit down. I told Ironflower that I was dizzy and needed to sit on the bench for a few minutes, so she would have to get out of the swing. Her response was to scream.
She screamed and wailed as I took her out of the swing. She kicked and stomped while I walked to the bench. She followed me, telling me how awful I was. She knocked over the stroller. I put her on the bench next to me for a time out. She continued to scream and wail. She tried to get out of her time out.
When Hubby showed up, instead of having a family picnic, we left. Ironflower screamed the entire way home and for a good half an hour in her room. I was so angry. I couldn't stand this little brat who had ruined our family's day. And where the hell was my daughter?
When we talked to her about it later, all she would say was that she was mad at me for not playing with her. What have I done wrong?
8 comments:
What did you do wrong? You gave birth. ;) Kids are evil, plain and simple. I hear that they stop being brats when they get older, but I'm not sure I believe that.
The Baby just started having tantrums last week. He will just scream when you take the phone/remote/rock/whatever he's trying to play with (and shouldn't) or ingest. Yesterday, I was actually practically crying during dinner wondering what I did wrong and why everyone else's baby's seemed so gentle and pleasant. Glad I'm not the only one. Sorry about your picnic. That is disappointing, especially since it's just getting nice AND your husband came.
Well, mom, you know what you did wrong! You didn't let her run the show. Good job. And, the right reaction.
Hope that you got to feeling better. We aked ourselves the same question when we had to discipline our pre-teen for teen things that she had done. Where is our daughter?
You didn't do anything wrong. I'm convinced that all kids are monsters once in a while. It sounds to me like you handled the situation exactly the right way.
Sorry, nursing at keyboard and apparently excelling at redundancy. Take out one is on the first sentence. There. I feel better.
You didn't do anything wrong. I'm convinced that all kids are monsters once in a while. It sounds to me like you handled the situation exactly the right way.
What did you do wrong? You gave birth. ;) Kids are evil, plain and simple. I hear that they stop being brats when they get older, but I'm not sure I believe that.
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