How very 4 1/2.
This kid... A great kid. And very age-appropriate. Favorite thing these days is to say "yeah yeah yeah..." and then not do the thing I want him to do (like get up and get dressed). Then as soon as I try to implement consequences, he freaks out. It's been 3 days in a row of this where my reaction has been dumping into anger in ways I find unhelpful. Well, OK, 2. Today I managed to walk back my irritatation. He was more interested in goofing off than getting ready, so I had to follow through on no trip to the coffee shop for [some treat, maybe a smoothie]. Maybe tomorrow.
It's just so freaking exhausting. I was going to ask for reasurrance that this is required and it'll not always be like this, but looking back at dropping him off at school, he was fine. It also helped that Jaime didn't hammer where no hammer was required. That is a thing that actually makes me feel worse, when there's constant repetition from her, and the kid's not remotely listening the first time, will not listen the 12th time. Just stop. So, that was also good. Maybe tomorrow we can have our adventure morning at Kickstand.
It's just so freaking exhausting. I was going to ask for reasurrance that this is required and it'll not always be like this, but looking back at dropping him off at school, he was fine. It also helped that Jaime didn't hammer where no hammer was required. That is a thing that actually makes me feel worse, when there's constant repetition from her, and the kid's not remotely listening the first time, will not listen the 12th time. Just stop. So, that was also good. Maybe tomorrow we can have our adventure morning at Kickstand.