Hannah & Hailey woke up around 2:00 this morning. They were crying for a bit and finally Pete went in to check on them. Hailey was at the door. I think she probably fell out of bed and couldn't find her way back in. Once Pete put her back to bed they both went back to sleep. I was knocked out - took some NyQuil for my cough ;-)
More prepping for the girls parties this weekend. We put up some decorations and made some last minute purchases at the grocery store...only to realize there's more to buy lol.
The girls were at dinner and Hailey has a habit of throwing her whole plate of food on the floor when she's mad. She did that tonight. We had pasta. Grrrr So tonight was the 1st time we actually punished one of them outside of being in time out. She didn't get a Popsicle after dinner & she got a time out. Double whammy. It sucked. After her time out we kept telling her that throwing her food on the floor was not acceptable and she wouldn't be getting a pop pop. The other two were of course enjoying their pop pops and boy was Hailey mad. She'll learn.
These are the crappy parts of parenting. I don't want to put them in time out. I wanted her to get a pop pop - it's an after dinner special here! But if we don't teach them now - they'll never learn that there are rules in life. These are the behind the scenes things that people don't get to see everyday but that go on regularly. At this age it's like a constant battle to keep an even keel. I want to be so positive about things and keep praising them and giving them positive reinforcement but at the same time there's so much that has to be addressed in a negative way. Biting, hitting, throwing food or toys...these things can't go unnoticed because they're not acceptable. It's been hard to find that happy medium.
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