"Sometimes I think I'm onto Max so much because he's into stuff so much that he tunes it out." This is my exact thought about Sarah. I HATE that I am on her so much. I don't like being a domineering person. That's not how I was raised and I don't want to raise my kids like that. Of course, I was an only child 10 months of the year so that might have had something to do with it.
I feel bad because it seems like I have to lock the kids up, whether it be in their rooms when they're in bed, or in their booster seats at the table, in order to get anything accomplished. I constantly feel like I'm taking 1 step forward & 2 steps back, and I know that attributes to my harping on the kids. I just kept the girls in their seats after lunch about 30 minutes longer than they were eating so I could clean out the fridge. We're moving in 2 months and I have NO idea when I'm going to get the free time to go through the mountains of boxes we have in the house & get rid of stuff & pack everything else up.
I don't know if it's working or not, but I got an idea from another board about how our kids sometimes don't register every word we say, ,they really only hear the first & last words. So when I say, "Sarah, get off the table" all she's really hearing is "Sarah" "table". She didn't hear "get off". So, I'm trying to rephrase how I say things to her, with "NO" being the last word she hears. So now I say "getting on the table is a NO". Like I said, I'm not sure if it's working, but I'm trying to stay calm with my voice and get at her level, too. /hug Glad to know we're both in the same boat.
Although I'm looking desperately for the nearest port, cause I want off!
Amanda
Wife to Jeff
Emma 12/10/99
Sarah 4/20/04
Katie 6/8/06
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