tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post7861817605993944665..comments2024-03-27T18:56:51.425-05:00Comments on Harry Times...All Jacked Up: On (not) losing itSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07270389106604867450noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-4145905224295347322009-11-24T00:18:08.557-06:002009-11-24T00:18:08.557-06:00I love everything about this post. Especially the...I love everything about this post. Especially the super hero picture of you at the end. <br /><br />Ethan and Harry sound like twins. I take a LOT of deep breaths during the day. Ethan's new thing, when I ask him to clean up is: "No. You do it." Or when i ask, "Did you hear me???!" he looks at me and says, "No, I didn't hear you." He's like a 13 year old girl. gah!!! <br /><br />thanks for letting me know I'm not alone! LOLsarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387145957769474838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-47054156672463874422009-11-23T20:17:07.926-06:002009-11-23T20:17:07.926-06:00I think I need to take a page out of your composed...I think I need to take a page out of your composed book. I have been trying to buy a lightbulb -- a lightbulb, mind you, not a nuclear fusion machine -- for a whole week now and have not been able to manage it. Either the 2.5 year-old is having a meltdown so insane strangers shoot me looks or she's taken my wallet out of my purse unbeknowest to me and hidden in somewhere in the house. Either way, I've been a-yelling. And nothing makes a parent feel more guilty, huh? Who would have thought not losing it would be so hard?Nicole Caccavo Kearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896343677961757215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-49443858851685804002009-11-23T17:35:34.186-06:002009-11-23T17:35:34.186-06:00Yes. Yes to it all. I try to also think about &q...Yes. Yes to it all. I try to also think about "why" I'm saying No. Is it because I don't want to deal with whatever they are trying to get me to do? Am i just being lazy? Usually, the answer is YES, I am being lazy. Lazy works for me. So, I'm trying to watch my No's. And to not get so frustrated so easily. Cause, seriously (especially with Elisabeth), they're good girls.Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722173267382651968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-67662902683950313312009-11-23T15:33:48.119-06:002009-11-23T15:33:48.119-06:00thanks for this. I've really been trying to s...thanks for this. I've really been trying to stop the yelling myself - I just don't want my kids to remember me as yelling all the time, even though I probably don't actually do it that much. The guilt afterward just makes it so much more awful, you know? And of course, it is too true that they behave so much better when we just back off a little and relax. i use time outs for my kids when they need to calm down, and I am starting to remember to give them to myself as well.lonek8https://www.blogger.com/profile/09217503506508289374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-47952297935206913182009-11-23T14:33:48.939-06:002009-11-23T14:33:48.939-06:00I have found that when I want her to behave so I c...I have found that when I want her to behave so I can get a lot done - it doesn't happen. She wants my attention. But, when I just let the day unfold I normally get just as much if not more done. But then again, I don't clean my house nearly as much as you and I only have one to this point...AJU5's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039236630636069326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-91661050712473290412009-11-23T13:28:38.815-06:002009-11-23T13:28:38.815-06:00Somehow parenting alone on the weekends is WAY wor...Somehow parenting alone on the weekends is WAY worse than during the week. Not sure why.<br /><br />As for the yelling, I agree that it's a good thing and also that it is hard! I mean what else do you do when the 3yo purposely pushes the 1yo off the couch on her head for eleventy billionth time that day? Tis a dilemma...Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09465194403058080094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-33198422024107463952009-11-23T12:51:11.110-06:002009-11-23T12:51:11.110-06:00Oh man. Yelling doesn't do permanent damage t...Oh man. Yelling doesn't do permanent damage to kids' psyches. Guilt does. Quiet, non-yelling, make-you-think-about-how-this-will-upset-me-before-you-even-say-anything guilt.<br /><br />Ask me how I know. I'll give you a hint: we just figured out our Xmas travel plans to see our families.<br /><br />*sigh*Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042416713623665476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-58385419692847330452009-11-23T10:50:31.326-06:002009-11-23T10:50:31.326-06:00I really think having low expectations is key, hah...I really think having low expectations is key, haha!<br /><br />But seriously, we're in the same boat. Fynn scrams at his sister all. day. long about everything. "Dont' talk Paige!" "Don't say duck, say pick up truck!" "Don't touch my toys!" Ugh. It makes me mental. <br /><br />But deep breaths help. And wine. Lots and lots of wine.Corinne Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604810312185816792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-22530789139034646512009-11-23T08:39:37.003-06:002009-11-23T08:39:37.003-06:00Oh. my. god. with the whining - Blake is turning 3...Oh. my. god. with the whining - Blake is turning 3 in less than a month and it has already begun and I sometimes wish I was deaf so I didn't have to hear it! I try not to yell and sometimes whine back at him and that usually makes him stop (because he's laughing or because he doesn't want to listen to me whine because oh. my. god. it is annoying!).Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507116445461772524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-71561095916621146842009-11-23T08:08:15.458-06:002009-11-23T08:08:15.458-06:00No tips, but this post made me feel better about t...No tips, but this post made me feel better about the little criminals I live with. Charlie sounds EXACTLY like Harry! Spooky.<br /><br />Glad to hear yelling hasn't worked because I am ramping up to a lot of yelling as the THREES take hold. OMG.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156777853779141522noreply@blogger.com