Thursday, June 29, 2006
Children
Does anyone out there have children that fight all the time? I remember fighting with my brother and sister and hitting and screaming... but my kids just do it constantly! I don't remember what my mom would do. She always seems so even tempered in my memory. I don't remember her ever yelling at us or putting us in our room. Do I have a selective memory, Mom? These kids are driving me crazy! And we still have 14,000 more days of summer vacation to go. Justin keeps saying we should have gotten them involved in some kind of activities for the summer, but there is just nothing offered here! Caroline starts soccer next week, but that is in the evenings. What will we do during the day? They are great about playing outside together, but about every 10-20 minutes one or the other (okay, it is ALWAYS Caroline) comes in and says that Hilton hit her, or the big thing right now is that he spit at her. What is that about? We have no clue where he learned that. Neither one of us spit, and yet Hilton thinks it is an accepted form of communication. Justin thinks that there is something wrong with the boy, "he's just not right in the head!" I keep chiding him for saying that. If Hilton ever hears him he is going to get a complex. Maybe my kids are totally normal. I am sure they are. But my "normal" children are going to turn my hair white.
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Jen, I think I missed alot of the fighting because I was at work when you were older. I believe you kids must have done it on the q.t. I was too much of a "chicken" mom to put you in your rooms. I probably just waited until Daddy yelled at you! Ergo, big fear of Dad. You'll make it though. Summer is just a really difficult time of year for Moms. The "kid boredom rating" is really high.
And spitting it a totally normal boy kid thing. Look at older boys who think it's cool to spit. Not at other people, but just to spit. It's a male thing.
You're doing just great.
Mom
I think it is normal for kids to go through phases like that. I even see my 10 year old, who definitely knows better, sneaking in a hit at one of his younger brothers when they are annoying him. I don't know what to tell you. I have started taking away their favorite toy for time out until they are nice.
I was lucky to miss girls camp. Paul couldn't get the time off and several other leaders went!
Oh, Jen I am right there with you. Elizabeth and Dallin fight non-stop, and it must be a 3-year-old boy thing because Dallin has discovered spitting and spits at his sisters all day long. I think the most frustrating part is the tattling. It seems like every five seconds someone is telling on someone else. I really think if I hear someone say "MOM, DALLIN SAID A POTTY WORD", or "MOM, ELIZABETH WON"T SHARE", one more time my head will explode. Summer is so hard. They say it's a vacation for kids, but when do mom's get a vacation?????
I was just yelling at my kids today for fighting. . . and spitting. . . okay, and tattling! It never ends. For spitting we use hot sauce. I tried soap but soap is REALLY nasty. Hot sauce works great (the kids HATE it), it's not poisonous, and we make them wait one minute before giving them milk to drink. Torture, I know, but my kids don't spit. . . okay, except for Denver but he's due for some Hot sauce any day now. And today I told the boys it's an hour in their room for fighting. An hour in isolation for them, an hour of freedom for me. Not that I want them to fight, but a break from all the ruckus is nice every now and then. And for tattling the rule is, "Are they putting their lives or someone else's life in danger? Then I don't want to hear about it." Of course, we're not perfect and half the time none of the above works. So. . . when all else fails, we have a wooden spoon that we hold over their heads and they'll do just about anything we tell them to with that in our hands and it works 100% of the time--99% of the time a spank isn't even required. Good luck with whatever you decide to do and as always, I think you're a fabulous mother!
My kids are ten years apart in age and they still manage to fight... and yes, believe it or not, spit at each other. All I can say is, there are days when I am sooooo grateful that I get to go to work and my little one gets to go to daycare. Good luck!
I know we faught tons! Especialy Chris and me. I remember being sent to my room a lot for that, but I think mom is right, I think it was mostly dad that put me there.
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