Deuteronomy 6:5-7

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Icky Mommy

I got really frustrated with Maddie tonight. It was my first night to get her ready for bed, with Jack, and without Joe. She was whiney, Jack was screaming...she did not want to pick up her toys and she would not even let me move out of her sight for a second. I yelled at her to stop whining, which only made her more upset...yelling never helps the situation. When will I learn? I feel terribly about it now. I feel like I expect her to be a big girl and she is only 16 months old. Poor girl. I was an Icky Mommy tonight.
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2 comments:

votemom said...

if it makes you feel any better, i've been a mom for 21 yrs and i am still often an icky mommy.

(actually i hope that doesn't make you feel worse!)

nighttime is hard.... you are tired, depleted, exhausted. in my mind i always want bedtime to be this snuggly, happy, cozy time. but, in reality, the little people don't always share that vision. they are either not done jumping and leaping and running and screaming... or they are overtired and overstimulated and over-everything.

it's not a winning combination, to say the least. worn-out mommy + crabby or hyper child = not a snuggly, happy, cozy bedtime.

hang in.

7:42 AM
Pam said...

I think the good start to the day overrides the bad ending.

I was an icky mommy yesterday too. I made A wait in his highchair for a loooong time while I did email. Yuck. Where are my priorities?

12:00 AM

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