Girlie

[jenn5k]

Yesterday she had a pretty good morning - we spent a couple hours in the basement playing/cleaning and doing laundry, and she was happy and having fun. Then it was time to go wake Daddy, and after doing that and bouncing on the bed for a while, I tried to get her to go downstairs, and she started swinging. I feel so inadequate when she starts

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Boys Too.

[brooklynblue]

I know how you're feeling. I went through that with Nic and everytime it seems like an endless fight. But she'll get through it and even better so will you. We went through alot of time outs and special time outs to where he had to spend time alone. More times than not he ends up hugging and cuddling after that. Just as long as he knew I would always give him a hug he was ok.

Although my nephew Bradley seemed to like Sophi the more she hit him. :)

[omnian]

I have similar issues with Trent, except he likes to bite me when he's really angry.

I hate that feeling of not knowing what to do, but knowing you HAVE to do something. I especially love it when he doesn't take me seriously and laughs at my punishment. And then there's the times that I feel guilty that I didn't punish the behavior the right way or that I may have hurt him.

Parenting is hard, but I wish I knew if I was doing the "right" thing.

[jenn5k]

You hit the nail on the head! It's the wondering if I'm doing the right thing that gets me every time. Just like a pregnancy, there are so many people telling you what to do, and you have goals for the outcome, but there are SO MANY ways to get to that outcome that it's next to impossible to reliably get there. Plus, there's the whole being human factor, that gets you to the point where your own emotions get involved and make it even harder to know or do the "right thing". I just keep trying to look at friends/cousins/people I know that were horrible children that turned out OK and are thriving, and know that, as long as you keep them alive, chances are they won't be hitting and biting people when they're 20. :-)