This morning I lost it. Yelled and screamed at a 17mth old because she didn't want to put on her winter boots, she wanted to put on her other fall boots. Yes as I write this I realize how silly it was but at the time I was just so frustrated at the fact that she didn't want to wear the winter ones. And who knows why? So after 20min of wrestling with her to put them on I just lost it, screamed at her, threw the boots across the room. After I just stood there and she looked at me with this helpless look in her eyes crying with her little arms around my legs. I felt horrible. So we hugged while I said sorry a million times, and then she sat down and I put on her fall boots. And all was well. Except I'm still feeling frustrated, lately everything is a struggle, sleep, eating, the only thing she wants to do is play. Yes I know she's a child and playing is the highlight but I just wish the other parts of the day were just more easygoing than they are now. It's just tiring.
On Sunday we went to our mom and tot program and two other moms there told me their daughters were diagnosed with roseola last week as well. So I know feel that Samantha did in fact have roseola and not an allergic reaction.
That's all for today. My brain feels like mush and I feel like a train wreck.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
She's lost it
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5 comments:
Aww, Bri! (I always call you Gab, but I notice you go by Bri....) It's soo normal. But, it sounds like you need a little break -- a little me-time. I always find it helps. It's a tough age.... I find that, too. I just try to laugh as much as possible, even though I'm soooo frustrated.... Feel better!
I'm a week late commenting, but... I've been there. I haven't yelled, but I've definitely snapped, and WANTED to yell.
Take a break, a long bath, a glass of wine...
poor you,
we have all been there (or if not yet, then eventually)
I'm with H.B.Mother-
a nice glass of wine at the end of the day does wonders.
All I have to say is - been there. Will be again. Feels like crap, but sometimes it seems like we need those moments to snap us into finding a better way. Myself, after reaching the edge last night and ranting like a mad woman, I self-medicated with lots of port and chocolate and felt immensely better.
It takes a lot of guts to post something like this.
Mothers seem to think that they always have to be in control and paitent and loving and wonderful and perfect, but mothers are people too!
There is NO mother in the entire world, in the complete history of mothers who has NOT gotten frustrated with a toddler / child /pre-teen and teen. Lets not even get into the frustrations adult children cause!
One positive thing that losing your cool in front of the baby is that she will see that she doesn't HAVE to be perfect, she can make mistakes and learn from them.
I'm here VIA Blogging Baby..
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