It was stupid, and thoughtless, and I thought he knew better. I yell at him. I tell him how angry I am, how disappointed I am. I tell him he is old enough to understand how wrong it is. He screeches back at me and storms off slamming the door. I yell through the door […]
Things You Can Say or Do When your Child is Having a Tantrum
He was lying on the floor howling like someone had stuck bamboo skewers under his fingernails in some medieval torture chamber. But it wasn’t the Spanish Inquisition, it was the library and my three year old was being anything but quiet. He was chucking a mega wobbly and I was standing above him, juggling a […]
Responding with Love Does not Reward Bad Behaviour.
“… Well your Lego building sucks” I heard his brother screech at him and I knew this was not going to end well. I came in just in time to see his arm sweep across the table and his brother’s construction crash into a pile of tiny pieces on the floor. My first reaction was […]
Why Am I Still So Tired?
I remember the first few months after I became a Mum… Our twins were born 11 weeks early and for the first 10 weeks of their lives I expressed every 3 hours and drove in and out of the hospital twice a day. I thought that was exhausting, but then they came home from hospital, […]
What to do When A Child Lies
I know he is lying. I know he did it. And yet that sweet little innocent four year old is looking me straight in the eye and lying! My baby is lying to me! It feels so disrespectful. If feels like such a betrayal! It feels like he is just one step away from stealing […]
Finding the Gentle Middle
Yesterday was a good day. I didn’t have to drag anyone out of bed and there was no mad rush to make it to the bus stop on time. I powered through my to do list and actually felt like I’d accomplished something by the time school pick up rolled around. Dinner was made before […]
I Might Not be Such a Bad Parent After All.
I hear a noise. I hear a noise when all should be quiet so I got to investigate. I creep down the hallway expecting to catch someone in the act. Someone who should be quiet. Someone who should be asleep. I see a light and my eyes roll and my forehead wrinkles and I think […]
I won’t feel guilty for using my phone while my kids play.
They are sitting at a picnic table drinking their coffee when I plonk myself down on a seat near by. They look over when my boys race up and asked me to push them on the swing. I tell the boys ‘in a minute’ and they race off screeching. I notice one of them frown, […]
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