I've struggled with what to say about Lottie since someday she will be able to read this but since this is the only record we keep I'm going to be completely honest. Lottie is beautiful, smart, athletic and totally adorable but this girl drives me absolutely insane about 80% of the time.
She is a screamer. She'll scream over the littlest thing and work herself up into a frenzy. This morning she wanted cheerio's but I was making french toast with the baguette from last nights dinner. She flipped out for an hour and a half about how she hates french toast and she just wants cereal. By flipped out I mean she was sobbing and screaming laying on the floor under my feet. After we had all eaten and cleaned up breakfast she finally made her way over to her plate of cold french toast and ate it all up and went on all day about how much she loves french toast and can we have french toast again for dinner?
She loves to tease her brothers. She'll do just about anything to make them lose it. She'll lay her leg across them when they're watching a movie, she'll snatch the toys out of their hands and take off running with them usually destroying them on the way, she'll push, hit, kick, anything to make them scream.
She won't stay in her bed and night, she's started peeing all over the place even though she's been potty trained for almost 2 years, and she's recently started secretly going for little walks around the block all by herself setting me hysterics looking for her. Lottie is a handful. Unfortunately I've got 3 other handfuls too so she doesn't get the kind of attention I think she needs. Jack is starting preschool next week and I'm going to rearrange the other kids naps so that every day I have alone time with Lottie. We both need to figure out how to be friends before she turns into a teenager.
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wow! she's does sound like a handful. glad to know i'm not the only one feeling a little stumped about what to do about my child sometimes. the difference in kids' personalities is really interesting, isn't it? the french toast story is hilarious! keep up the good work!
I think it's the Taurus in her. I'm not a zodiac-believer necessarily, but my oldest, Craig, was born on April 30, 2008, just a few days after Lottie, I think. He's very similar. I just said to Robert this morning, "Are all kids like this at this age, or is he particularly difficult?" We don't know, since he's our first, but I think there is some truth to it. He's just plain stubborn and bull-headed. He spends his days purposely tormenting Ethan and his most irritating vice is how he resists everything, literally, only because we tell him to do it. He went through a difficult time with staying in bed that lasted months and even though he's been doing well with potty training for a while now, every once in a while I find him whipping it out and peeing on his bedroom floor. And poop? That's another issue. Anyway, I'm just saying I feel your pain. They'll grow up and things will be different, and I think it'll be within the year. I think as they get older, we'll see how the personality traits that were the hardest to deal with at this age will be a blessing for them later on. I know you're doing the best you can. Hang in there!
By the way, my birthday is also April 30, so I know a bit about being a Taurus and stubbornness. :) Just ask my husband.
Love you honesty! I've got one of those too. Sure is hard to figure them out!!
I love these pictures Brielle. I think she's going to love Jack going to school so she gets a little more of Mom time.
On a side note, the one of my kiddos that kept and still keeps me on my toes, I have to say I've worked harder for and even prayed more for that child and I needed to feel Heavenly Father's love for them and it changed my view when I did get that I had more patience and I just finally got it that everyone is different and I was expecting every kid to be the same so parenting would be the same and truth be told, easier for me, when I got it a different set of rules came to mind (we EACH have different weakness and strengths) and my view (and life for that matter) of that child got easier. I found that I needed to start praising them more, and on anything. (example, when I'd ask him to come in for dinner and he would be mad and slam the door I'd say "Way to go on shutting that door so good, hey kids isn't (so-in-so) so good at shutting the door, I think he's the best door shutterer in the whole house" instead of being mad about the door slamming. Over time I found (or made) a soft spot for this fella of mine. It's all going to work out Brielle, sorry for the long comment.
Bee was going through about 10 pairs of undies a day. She's been potty trained for at least a year or so. Then we put her back in pull ups and she just used them as diapers. So I got this thing called a Potty Watch. It's 9.99 at Babies R Us. It comes in pink and blue. It looks like a little toilet strapped to their arm and you can sit it for 30, 60, or 90 minutes. I strapped that sucker right on to Bee the second I paid for it!! And you know what? No more accidents!! The first two days I made her stay in pull ups and set it to 30 mins. Since then we have had it on 60 mins and she is back in undies. It's been a blessing!! I highly recommend it. Especially for one so strong willed at Lotty! She can be responsible for herself and it isn't you telling her to go, it's the watch and it's magical music!
POTTY WATCH!!!!! I love it. I'm getting one tomorrow. Thanks!
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