Poor Tate...it seems that I'm yelling at him...way more than I'd like to. Today I had an epithany...always a moment too late.
Tyler brought me a DVD that she wanted to watch at lunch time. As I explained to her we'd be watching it later (being distracted by the conversation) I didn't notice Tate was over finding a couple of his own. He then proceeded to bring them to me-with his sticky fingers and prints on the backside. As I tried to figure out where he'd gotten them I snappily told him he wasn't allowed to touch the DVD's (a privilege Tyler has just earned). His face twisted in disappointment and then the tears came...and then understanding filled my mind he was trying to be like Tyler.
Later this evening the girls were out playing hopscotch and had asked me to come play. I was trying to show them how to play by throwing the rock on a number and then pick it up...a theory that was lost on the girls but embraced by my almost 2 year old little boy. He quickly picked up a rock and tried to throw it at the hopscotch, nearly hitting McKenna who was spared by my quick reflexes thwarting the rock from her path and leaving me with a bruise. :) Again missing what had just happened and too focused on the pain I quickly scooped up my little boy explaining "you don't throw rocks". After placing him in Time Out...I realized he was just trying to play the game with us. I quickly apologized to my son, embraced him in a big hug and then did my own time out of holding him for the appropriate amount of time.
Apparently I still have a lot to learn as well.
1 comment:
OH MEL!!!! That always happens to me. As you just read in my post of Alex I do find myself yelling at him SO MUCH more than I want to or feel I should. Yet where do you draw the line because sometimes it is for their own good....Anyway, your right I hate how I always realize that they do want to do things like you do. They just haven't figure out how to do it exactly and their little exploring bodies are so eager to learn. Then I realize I'm the impatient one but unfortunately don't realize it until afterwards. But you are such a good mommy with wonderful insights. Love ya!
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