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Oct. 10th, 2009 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaIn the space of five minutes tonight, Alex got sent upstairs for hurting Colin and got all her markers, crayons, pens, and colored pencils confiscated, to be used only under close adult supervision.
Really in the space of five minutes. I was right in the middle of the "we will never, ever allow you to hurt anyone, especially your brother" speech when I had to break it off and say "...did you draw all over that ball with marker? Okay, give me the marker."
And that's just one tiny snapshot from a day full of random direct disobedience. We left two pairs of lovely new shoes we were going to buy her on the floor of the shoe store and walked out, and it still didn't make an impression.
What can you do? Finally I asked Alex if she wanted to start the day over again. I sent her into the foyer and had her close the door. Then she entered with great fanfare: "Hi! I'm home after being out of the house all day."
I hugged her and told her I was glad to see her. We traded ridiculous stories about what we had done all day. I patted myself on the back for finding a great way to reset the negativity and relate to each other with better attitudes.
Then I looked up and saw that she was peeling pieces off my mouse pad.
In other news, Colin has refused to nap longer than 20 minutes all day long, after being up before six this morning. He is such a tired crankypants that... well... honestly? He's such a tired crankypants that he's almost as much of a tired crankypants as I am.
Really in the space of five minutes. I was right in the middle of the "we will never, ever allow you to hurt anyone, especially your brother" speech when I had to break it off and say "...did you draw all over that ball with marker? Okay, give me the marker."
And that's just one tiny snapshot from a day full of random direct disobedience. We left two pairs of lovely new shoes we were going to buy her on the floor of the shoe store and walked out, and it still didn't make an impression.
What can you do? Finally I asked Alex if she wanted to start the day over again. I sent her into the foyer and had her close the door. Then she entered with great fanfare: "Hi! I'm home after being out of the house all day."
I hugged her and told her I was glad to see her. We traded ridiculous stories about what we had done all day. I patted myself on the back for finding a great way to reset the negativity and relate to each other with better attitudes.
Then I looked up and saw that she was peeling pieces off my mouse pad.
In other news, Colin has refused to nap longer than 20 minutes all day long, after being up before six this morning. He is such a tired crankypants that... well... honestly? He's such a tired crankypants that he's almost as much of a tired crankypants as I am.
Sorry, that anonymous was me
Date: 2009-10-11 08:23 pm (UTC)