Just yesterday, I thought my little Faith was turning into a little well-behaved princess. Today, she has proven me wrong!

After church today, we went to a restaurant to have dinner and after dinner; daddy took us to Kohl’s to have a walk. Lately, she can stay on a stroller for a long time, so we thought she would be ok for us to push her around in the store.

Just about 5 minutes after we entered the store, Faith started to wiggle in her stroller like a caterpillar. I could tell that she didn’t want to stay in her stroller, and we tried to calm her down. It turned out that she wanted mommy to hold her! But… “小乖妳是個大娃娃了, 可以自己走哩, 媽媽抱妳好累耶!” Well, 她的牛脾氣也上來了, 說什麼也不肯待在小車裡. So, I just ignored her and walked past her. She started crying and started to have a temper tantrum. I didn’t want to compromise, so I still insisted to have her walk by herself or she could stay in the stroller, but I would not hold her. She continued to cry and she held on to my feet and she didn’t want me to move…

The whole store could hear her crying. We decided to take her home and forced her into the stroller and pushed her to the parking lot. As daddy tried to buckle her up in the car, I couldn’t bear any longer, I yelled: “不要哭了!” several times. All of a sudden, she turned quiet, but she had this look in her eyes as if I was a monster. 眼裡還有幾滴餘下的淚滴, 嘴角撇著, 很無辜的看著我, 鼻子身體還抽慉著, but she still reached out for my hands while riding in her car seat on our way home and I was happy that she still wanted to reach out to me after the yelling.

I actually regretted yelling so loud at her because she is not at the age yet to understand exactly what I meant and why I was so angry. I also realized that she needs discipline, but what kind and how? I am starting to think that we should have a consistent guideline and an united front when dealing with her.

I have learned a lot from my classes and I am just so grateful that I have learned these before Faith was born, so I have a better idea of how to proceed, but I also recognized that I need to tailor what I have learned to an unique child…. my little Faith…

Yes… Mother, your name is patience!

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