Yesterday we were having a great day until all of a sudden a tantrum came out of no where! I had absolutely no idea what caused it. Nothing I did was working. I ended up putting him in timeout but that didn't seem to be working. When I would go back in to try to calmly explain to him why I put him in timeout and try to figure out what he wanted he would just start hitting. I pinned his arms down, and so he head butted me!
I couldn't handle it. Thankfully my brother came to the rescue. He was able to sit down with my son and just talk to him. He then took him downstairs while I had a moment to just calm down.
Thats been something that I have been trying to work on as a mom. I am working on when he starts to have a meltdown of any kind I am working on making sure I do my best to keep my voice calm. I see that he responds better and calms down faster than if I raise my voice.
My mom always says "Parenting is not the the weak of heart." I have realized that is the truth! It takes a lot to keep calm when your child is screaming and you just want them to explain what is wrong.
My son is pretty good at communicating. He signs more than 40 words and learns a new one almost everyday. He is also pretty good at coming up with a sign if I don't teach him one. American Sign Language is my second language so its easy for me to teach him tons of signs. He is starting to babble during the day but still mostly signs. Anyways thats why he signs so much! Because he does have a way to communicate when he can't then he really gets frustrated. We also think that he was a little hangry.
So my goals as a mom this week are to speak more calmly and to feed him more often.
On a side note I was able to do some stretching last night. I found a video on youtube to help with prenatal stretches for yoga. It helped a lot with my back but it seems like my hips are so tight. When I am sleeping it doesn't matter which side I am sleeping on or if I have a pillow between my legs they always seem to hurt or ache. I am going to explore that a little more to see if there are better stretches to do to help with that.
I couldn't handle it. Thankfully my brother came to the rescue. He was able to sit down with my son and just talk to him. He then took him downstairs while I had a moment to just calm down.
Thats been something that I have been trying to work on as a mom. I am working on when he starts to have a meltdown of any kind I am working on making sure I do my best to keep my voice calm. I see that he responds better and calms down faster than if I raise my voice.
My mom always says "Parenting is not the the weak of heart." I have realized that is the truth! It takes a lot to keep calm when your child is screaming and you just want them to explain what is wrong.
My son is pretty good at communicating. He signs more than 40 words and learns a new one almost everyday. He is also pretty good at coming up with a sign if I don't teach him one. American Sign Language is my second language so its easy for me to teach him tons of signs. He is starting to babble during the day but still mostly signs. Anyways thats why he signs so much! Because he does have a way to communicate when he can't then he really gets frustrated. We also think that he was a little hangry.
So my goals as a mom this week are to speak more calmly and to feed him more often.
On a side note I was able to do some stretching last night. I found a video on youtube to help with prenatal stretches for yoga. It helped a lot with my back but it seems like my hips are so tight. When I am sleeping it doesn't matter which side I am sleeping on or if I have a pillow between my legs they always seem to hurt or ache. I am going to explore that a little more to see if there are better stretches to do to help with that.
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