The Things I Don't Handle Well

Good afternoon everyone!

It has been one of those days. Rin turns THREE tomorrow (crazy, right?!).......and I'm about ready to take the gift we bought her back to the store.

Today, she has been:
bossy
demanding
whiney
irritable
mean
temperamental

I can handle those things. Sure, they may get on my nerves, but I don't generally lose my cool unless I'm just really having a bad day already.

So what is it that I don't handle well?

I don't handle my child screaming in my face.
I don't handle my child spitting at me.

Wait, Hannah, did I read that right? Sweet little Rin? Screaming and spitting at you?

YES! Yes, you did read that correctly.

You guys.

No. Just no.

I mean, how do you even RESPOND to that?! I don't....I react.

She got yelled at (gasp, I know, I yelled at my kid....in retrospect, that was dumb because I'm trying to teach her not to yell at me when she's upset, and I should lead by example....oops).

And she got all her favorite snuggles taken away. Every. Last. One of them.

I was only going to take away one thing. I gave her about ten chances to calm down. When she screamed and spat in my face the second...and then the third time....I was done.

And let's face it: as my brother said, nothing says "screw you kid" better than taking away all their crap.

Don't worry: she'll get it all back.............eventually.
And I'll do my best to let it all go by the time she gets up from her nap. Or by the time her birthday starts tomorrow.