tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28143010.post1368146842148356926..comments2023-03-25T02:18:13.048-07:00Comments on Shaunna Faye: At my wit's end.Shaunna Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788423885826448934noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28143010.post-12087676309962039642012-12-21T12:14:49.912-08:002012-12-21T12:14:49.912-08:00i can totally relate! i got pregnant with ava befo...i can totally relate! i got pregnant with ava before adeline turned two. two hit adeline hard and she still isn't over it (she turned five two months ago). i still haven't figured out how to deal with her, but she listens to phillip. it's hard. but the good news is that ava is almost three and she is awesome. the terrible twos still haven't affected her, but the independent threes have. so there is hope for abel! hang in there! surely these days of feeling like a bad mother (me, not you) won't last forever!Heather Mayberry https://www.blogger.com/profile/14705797572162157996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28143010.post-47141346298178780192012-12-18T20:05:18.225-08:002012-12-18T20:05:18.225-08:00It baffles me on a daily basis. I could be comple...It baffles me on a daily basis. I could be completely wrong, but I don't remember being openly defiant toward my dad when I was four. My four-year-old, however, seems to have no problem with it. I seem to remember a time when "because I said so", though I never liked it as a kid, was sufficient enough for me to do what my parents told me to do. I've tried every approach I can think of (nice, quiet but stern, loud and intimidating, time out, spanking, caning, chaining-to-his-bed-for-hours-on-end), and I am yet to find the magic one.<br /> I don't know how, but I am determined to find a way to make my child view me the same way I viewed my dad when I was four.<br /> <br /> Ps. I'm not denying her existence, but I am yet to meet this defiant child you continue to speak of.Daniel Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00812314561907648900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28143010.post-41759822488285632152012-12-18T19:20:53.072-08:002012-12-18T19:20:53.072-08:00I feel your pain, Ashlyn completely exhausts me ev...I feel your pain, Ashlyn completely exhausts me everyday. Not a morning, afternoon, or evening goes by without some kind of battle. On top of that A.J. and Ashlyn fighting and being obnoxiously loud can very easily push me over the top! That silence prayer is necessary and then each night while they are sleeping soundly I am remind how lucky I am yo have them! Got to love these kids! Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879929754414239063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28143010.post-16604544676370590872012-12-18T19:01:45.489-08:002012-12-18T19:01:45.489-08:00Hopefully this will make you feel better...Cohen i...Hopefully this will make you feel better...Cohen is a turd too! He will flat out do the opposite of what I tell him which leads to about five minutes of threats followed by me going "whatever" and letting him do what ever the hell he was wanting to do. Now that he is getting a little older, Daniel and I are trying to really stick it out and do the sit in time out thing (using a timer) and then asking him why he was in time out. Patience in a must. Good luck...a three and four year old is not much better than a two year old!kimberly dorrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364753003444087305noreply@blogger.com