November 15, 2011

HELP


Being a first time Mom, I'm sometimes at a loss for what I should be doing. Even with the help of my Mom and sisters, I still feel lost at times.



For example here's a recap of my night last night:



After dinner, I went to my bedroom to change clothes and Austen drug a chair over to the kitchen sink and started playing in the water. I came out to find water and soap literally everywhere. I got him out of his wet clothes and started to clean up the mess in the kitchen. Meanwhile he proceeds to lock himself in the bathroom and dump out my bathroom decor containing thousands of tiny little beads. (He KNOWS he is not supposed to touch those because we've had some prior incidents.) In response to this I gave his bum a little tap and stuck him in the naughty corner. While he was in the corner, Brian and I cleaned up the mess in the bathroom and when we were done I went to relieve him of his naughty corner punishment. I went over there only to find that he had relieved himself on our entry tile. (He was still naked from the sink incident.) So he had to stay in the corner longer while I cleaned up the pee.



Am I doing something wrong? Do I have the most naughty kid in the world? I can't understand why he doesn't respond to any discipline I try.....he's so not afraid of getting in trouble and it doesn't deter him from anything. The most confusing part for me is that he's really really sweet most the time, but lately he's been going on these terrors and making me doubt my parenting abilities. I mean he IS only two and if I can't handle him now what am I going to do when he gets older?



HELP......I'm being terrorized by a two year old!

3 comments:

  1. Dr. Lex,
    This blog post has bought me much happiness and joy. You just made my day and you may want to tell your mother you are sorry.

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  2. I already did....

    Cari

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  3. My best advise is TO JUST BREATHE! Seriously, go to a quiet place, like your closet, and count to 10 (or 100) and take some very deep breaths. Then go out there and be the amazing mother that you always are. He isn't doing this to YOU, it's just him being two. I love you, and like dad, it is kind of funny to see that karma is very possibly a real thing!!!

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