There are moments
After reading the Cyr's blog and laughing so hard (entitled Why my kids will be guests on Dr. Phil ). I wanted to share this story with you.
Honestly at night after a long day with the Oakster I miss Oakley. I want to wake him up and start to play with him. He's just so cute and fun to be with. I felt that way until last night when Oakley decided to wake up @ 1 AM and wants to go downstairs...so being a dumb dad here we go. He doesn't want to sleep on the couch as usual he wants to eat yogurt, watch Tree house, and take out the cars to play. It felt like it was 10 AM FULL of energy. Every time I said Oakley it's nigh night time and daddy’s tired and wants to go to bed, let's go...he starts flipping out (like temper tantrum). So I bring him upstairs and he's just losing it...wakes up Ginny and she asks "What's wrong?" and I am explaining how he's going nuts and I am exhausted as I lay him on the bed and he stops crying and puts the covers over himself and wants to go to sleep. AHHHHHHHH. I would never hurt him but sometimes as parents the thought crosses your mind.
posted by RevTrevK @ 11:13 p.m.
10 comments
10 Comments:
I know the pain. This will not be the last time that this happens. My kids were getting up at 5:00am every morning for a couple of months, same thing, wanting to play and watch the Wiggles.
Good news though, this too will pass, but only when your kids are growed up.
We can totally relate to some of your thought patterns! Our kids never got up at night like that... I think they knew that they would face some serious wrath! But still to this day they do stuff that makes us want to go crazy! That's the life of a parent I guess. And to think that we all CHOSE this???
Lisa I can totally relate! Ava will ask for a video, I'll put it in and she'll say NO! HORSE! I'll put in Horse: NO! OVAL! Drives me mental!
And Trev I know what you mean about missing them after they go to bed. Sometimes when I check on them at night I want to pick them up and cuddle them they look so serene and peaceful but hello, I'm not crazy! I leave them asleep.
heather
I have no idea what you're talking about. I wanted to smack a misbehaving dog around once, but I suppose that's different.
HAHAHA ooh man...that is funny for me to read. good thing he didn't wake his sister up huh?
I can relate to wanting to hurt a child....maybe not my own since i don't have my own, but I have babysat some kids that I really wanted to like shake or something. I didn't shake them though, don't worry. I wouldn't actually do that.
Hey Trev. We finally have a blog up. It was good to see you this week. Say hi to the family for us.
and what about that time when they do something that totally pushes your buttons, and then mimic your response before you can actually respond, then a cheeky grin that makes you want to hug them. e.g. tonight .. joel throws toast and jam to the floor, shouts "NO" in a kind of growly daddy way, then looks all cute and blue eyed ..
how do they make you angry and then within 0.5 seconds make you love them .. even at 1am .. it's an insane ride this parenting thing
I know for me, a good back hand across the face goes a long way when it comes to temper-tantrums. As far as wanting to wake them up when they are asleep... I've heard that some people have that problem, but I'm sure those people also have emotions or a soul.
Hugh
p.s. if you find that discipline doesn't work to get Oakley to stay in be at night, I recommend a small dose of valium in his formula.
I know for me, a good back hand across the face goes a long way when it comes to temper-tantrums. As far as wanting to wake them up when they are asleep... I've heard that some people have that problem, but I'm sure those people also have emotions or a soul.
Hugh
p.s. if you find that discipline doesn't work to get Oakley to stay in be at night, I recommend a small dose of valium in his formula.
p.p.s. Does this make me a bad father?
Ahhh, I'm scared! Trevor, your stressing me out before the baby even arrives! We finally got our blog up, too. Check it out!
Milissa
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