Spanked the baby today after trying to stick to the "no spanking program" for so long. Yelled at her when I couldn't get her co-operation.
We were at the park, it was nice, then got cold, we were both tired.
She was really bratty at the park, I'm not sure what she's so miserable about. What ever it is, since she is a child and I'm an adult, it's my fault, so it's hardly fair to hit her for being emotional.
Talking about the poodle with her just upset her. She wants to give an opinion but is worried she will be in trouble if the choice turns out bad. We agreed if she was open minded about color we could let the rescuers help us pick the dog that's personality would best suit her. She can pick all the dog's gear in whatever color. So that was a silly thing to let her worry about, but hopefully it's sorted.
Another thing I did wrong was let her see frightening & vulgar tv, things she shouldn't see, and left her to watch some acceptable things alone, using the tv as a sitter, a stupid, lazy thing to do, in my desperate scrambling to fill my miniscule & sad leisure time.
So I apologize, but apologizing doesn't fix it.
1 comment:
Mistakes are a fact of life. You have possibly the healthiest and happiest child in the country and it's all because the wonderful job you do every day. It seems to me you are raising her how you deserved to be raised yourself, and that's the only thing that matters.
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