Went over to see a home edding friend today, which was good. Big’s behaviour was not. She did the cling to my leg thing, which I tolerate rather than accept, as as far as I can tell, she does it to irritate me generally speaking rather than for any other reason. Then she refused point blank to eat the (home made) jam sandwich that was served for her lunch as “it’s not jam”. It most definitely was. I think I can cope with “I don’t like it” but it’s difficult when she won’t even try it. A little while ago she ate anything – now she’s at the stage where I’m considering taking our own picnic everywhere we go.
Small, by contrast, sat and very cheerfully plastered himself with two slices of bread and dairylea. He threw a couple of strops, mainly when he was told he couldn’t play with the phone. And he wasn’t too happy with having his nappy changed.
Big then decided that the other children were OK after all and disappeared upstairs with them. Small stayed downstairs – too many edible big ppl toys upstairs. He only does that for effect – yesterday he was actually hama-ing with maxi beads, and only stopping to eat them when he thought Iwasn’t paying enough attention to him.
Anyway, before I realised it, it was time to leave to avoid the rush hour traffic, at which point Big decided to throw a major tantrum, which resulted in me having to carry her shoeless to the car. All good fun.
Dp was hugely unimpressed with the report of our day, and we’ve spent some time this evening discussing ways forward. Tomorrow I don’t have any outings planned – there is a group from our local home ed group going to some local gorge for a geographical talk, but it’s going to involve paddling and so on, and given that Big still won’t walk on her sore foot, I don’t think it would work too well. So I think we’ll do tidying and a post office trip and generally have a quiet day.
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6 responses to “A disappointing day”
aw ((Jax)), I’ve come to the conclusion that they all do it but cos we HE we don’t just get the watered down version that most parents do – we get the meltdowns in full technicolour glory cos we’re there all the time. We’re having a day at home tomorrow too – which I know will be tougher on me than letting them run wild and free with other kids while I chat and drink tea (which is what I’ve done for the rest of this week) but I’ve concluded that they need their downtime too.
Altogether now: “Mother told me they’d be days like this, they’d be days like this, Mother said.”
Doesn’t bloody help though does it :0) Stroppy kids, the sure way to ensure a stressful day (and stroppy parents).
Have a lovely (peaceful) day tomorrow!
I want a Taser. AND this is how you stop the little buggers climbing all over you with grubby hands and feet, clinging etc.
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rofl Tim, where do you find these things – I want one! To wear in bed, obviously 😉
Jax, hope you have a nice quiet day today.
(((Hugs))) Jax hope you’ve had a better day. In contrast I have to say I prefer staying in cos my kids embarrass me well and truly when we go out!
Oh Oh!! Me too. I want one, now should I start my Christmas list now?