A little ALO always seems to make things better.
Tuesdays are long.
When I was working for the library system, I used to often refer to Tuesday as Full-Moon Tuesday... because the crazies always seemed to come out on Tuesday nights. Now I know why. I have become one of them. :)
Given that today is a Tuesday, we're doing alright. I've got a load of dishes running, and I mopped the floor. No one has died.
However, I have lost my patience with the little one more than once. I don't know if it is her, or if it's me. She does two things that make me insane, and I can't seem to find a way to respond that lets her know I don't want her to do those things. Either my response seems to her to be a game, or my response is so cross that I feel like that mom I don't want to be. The one who is always cranky with her kids over little stuff... The thing is, the stuff that drives me crazy? It's stuff I don't want her doing around other people either. Biting is not acceptable behavior. Neither is violently ripping the glasses off someone's face. I resorted to contacts early in the day, because it was simply impossible to sit down and have my face left alone. I don't know how to combat the biting though. That's one that mystifies me. Nothing I do elicits the response I want from her... which is to stop biting me. If anything, my attempts at getting her to stop make her want to do it more.
Really want to break that habit before another little monkey comes along.
Anyway. It's Tuesday. What can you do?
