My oh my, I cannot wait until Teagan gets out of this stage of hating me. What a day. I’m so emotionally and mentally frazzled at the end of each day from dealing with Teags’ constant crying, screaming, hitting me, hating me that I just don’t know what to do with myself. I feel like such a bad mom! What can I do to help him, fix him? Teagan basically rules our lives in this family. We all walk on egg shells to avoid making him sad, so it’s a lot of sacrifice on Easton’s part to make his brother happy. And we’re not even making him happy, we’re just avoiding an all-out meltdown. So I feel bad for Easton who seems to be missing out on things because of the way Teagan acts. The strange thing is that Teagan is so much better for my parents or Jacob or the ex than he is for me. It’s like he’s mad at me or something. I know I blog about this a lot, but it’s an honest to goodness TRIAL in my life. So many days I just end up in tears, just pleading that Heavenly Father will tell me what I can do for my sweet little boy that’s not so sweet 90% of the time. I just need answers. I want to be the best mom that I can, and I need to know how to help my Teagan. We laugh, or at least others laugh, about how naughty he can be – I don’t think it’s even slightly comical anymore. At the end of the day I’m ready for a tranquilizer. For Teagan AND me.
I don’t want to sound like I don’t love my baby because I absolutely do. To pieces! I love him so much, but I need him to be happy. We all need it. This family needs all of its members to be happy so that we can all function better.
Aaannndddd, I just found out that my hubs is taking me to Lion King on Tuesday for my birthday. Finally!!! I’ve been telling him to take me since we were friends. I’m so excited!
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OH Rachel, I feel your pain. I'm not sure mine is to the extent of yours, but what I tell Mitchell, and what I've told my girls too, is that they are welcome to scream and yell, but I choose NOT to listen to it, so if that's what they want to do, they are free to do it in their room. Then I put him in his crib and let him scream in there...with the door closed. You know he is safe, he understands that his behavior is unacceptable and the only place he is able to behave that way, is in HIS crib, by himself! I know it sounds easier than done, but really,it works. And sometimes we are desperate enough to try anything! Hang in there, it will probably get worse before it gets better, (sucks, I know, but the 3's are worse than the 2's) but it DOES get better. My Madeline is an amazing little girl and I NEVER thought she would get better. She was super tough. Lauren has been tough too, but she's coming out of it. Mitchell, we'll he's "pre-2" and we're in for it! :P
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