I put my kids to bed 30 minutes ago.
It's 6:30 now.
Let's just say today was one of those days. You know the kind. You feel like all you do is yell and threaten your kids all day. The kind when you don't feel bad putting your kids to bed without dinner since they wouldn't eat when you asked them to. The kind when you are practically begging and or bribing/threatening them to be even a little obedient and when they simply won't be, you lose it and spank them (please don't turn me in). By the way, I don't spank hard...maybe I should??
Today was one of those days that made me feel like a terrible mother. I really don't like these kinds of days, but I guess they come up every now and again to remind us that we are perfectly UNperfect.
Here's for another shot at tomorrow.
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Maybe there was something in the wind(?) because today was definitely "One of those days..." for me, too. I'm looking forward to tomorrow for sure!
I hope you had a nice evening, though. And I hope there was a nice treat in there for you. :)
haha I totally have those days too. Most of the time I find it's not really the kids that are any different, it's me. I am less patient and therefore they seem more naughty. Sometimes spanking is the only thing that will get my 3 yr old to listen. It probably doesn't help that you are pregnant. I don't know how you do it!
Oh Jenn, you're wonderful. Really. I'm sure even as a "bad" mom you're a great mom! I think the Heavenly Father gave us bedtime for a reason :). And just think, if today was terrible, it should be easy for tomorrow to be better than today! That's what I have to tell myself, anyway!
Hey Jenn. This is Katie, not Bryan. (I'm just too lazy to sign him out and sign myself back in.) Just the other day when Olivia was totally having a major melt down and we were totally exhausted Bryan commented on how nice it is that kids need more sleep than parents, not the other way around. Amen! And probably your boys know they have to get all their naughties out now so that we can all have tons of fun together when we come! Yay! :)
P.S. Anything you're dying to have from Utah? Uhh... that will fit in carry-on? :)
Oh Jenn...you are not alone. I agree with the above comment that there must have been something in the wind yesterday! Swede has finally mastered sleeping 6 hours at a time, yet the past two nights has been waking up every 2 hours. What??!! It was like the first month of having him all over again, which was not the most fun time. And yesterday he wouldn't nap either. I was walking him around the house, both of us crying, just wishing for today to come so I could start all over.
I've only been a mother for five months, but boy have I learned it is the hardest thing I have ever done. And yet, the most rewarding. I just have to remember that when it gets hard. After Swede goes to sleep and I check on him, peacefully laying there, all the frustration melts away.
Just know that I am thinking about you!
Amen. We all need that.
Haha, that was just like one of my days this week! Only the breaking point was unluckily being in the SLOWEST grocery line with two restless kids. All the other lines I watched dwindle, but the lady in front of my had coupon after coupon and separate purchases. Ugh, just about lost it! Hang in there!
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