tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456800459496402537.post1243795853450440365..comments2023-10-05T06:15:06.076-06:00Comments on Confetti: Girl, 4 year old... life traumaCoretta from Confettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140204099844148499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456800459496402537.post-32488891613179540202008-12-20T17:54:00.000-07:002008-12-20T17:54:00.000-07:00Hey Coretta...this is Amber (Pugmire) Johnson. Fo...Hey Coretta...this is Amber (Pugmire) Johnson. Found you from Camie's blog. My baby is now 16 months and I've decided the "terrible twos" can happen any time. My friends with three year olds say that's worse than two, but I think that whatever stage they're in is hard...for them and us. Anyway, glad I found you. Merry Christmas.Johnsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01461410329490602658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456800459496402537.post-69640253435666459452008-12-20T13:20:00.000-07:002008-12-20T13:20:00.000-07:00ah no prob Morgan... you are right... ramble or no...ah no prob Morgan... you are right... ramble or not. And yes she is as described: like ellie, good, stubborn, independent and a little sassy. Very much so. Zurich and Jonas sound a lot alike as well. Your post on Jonas a while back I totally connected to as well. Zurich is a charm, he is just what I need some days... though he's been sick lately and I'm not getting any sleep because of it at least typically he is the most fabulously lovable cuddly guy.Coretta from Confettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140204099844148499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456800459496402537.post-23645164351764523952008-12-19T22:05:00.000-07:002008-12-19T22:05:00.000-07:00uh. totally ramble. sorry.uh. totally ramble. sorry.[Morgan]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06232439139999805021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456800459496402537.post-91681432864985538882008-12-19T22:04:00.000-07:002008-12-19T22:04:00.000-07:00i'm so glad you wrote this post. i feel like i'm n...i'm so glad you wrote this post. i feel like i'm not alone now.<BR/>your post, word for word, is how i've been feeling lately.<BR/>ellie is just like olea it seems.<BR/>good, stubborn, independent and a little sassy?<BR/>i'm convinced that the age comes into play, majorly. and although it may be a reason, it doesn't help me feel like a better mother.<BR/>i called ryan at work today because i just can't handle the stubborn arguing and back talk, the independence well beyond what she is capable of. i cried and i'll admit, i told ryan "she makes me so crazy sometimes that i have to remind myself why i like her."<BR/>i'll alway love her but sometimes i don't like her. so horrible right?<BR/>so then comes the guilt.<BR/>and add my young, totally compliant, calm and loving jonas and ellie is jealous becasue he never gets in trouble and i feel like i give him more attention because he's so much easier. she doesn't understand that he's a baby. and i also don't want to punish jonas, deprive him of the same love and attention that ellie got when she was his age, just so that ellie doesn't feel less loved now.<BR/>ugh.<BR/>motherhood is so heavy sometimes!<BR/>am i making any sense?<BR/>you're not alone in the shushing aside either. i feel like i do that all too often. <BR/>everything i've been taught, or told, tells me that she needs more one on one time with mom and/or dad, and that it will help the acting out problem. but, with ellie it seems that the more one on one she gets, the more demanding she becomes! ahhhh.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the post! i'm feeling better because of it.[Morgan]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06232439139999805021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456800459496402537.post-56774156248988998582008-12-19T07:30:00.000-07:002008-12-19T07:30:00.000-07:00Oh, Coretta...I feel your pain in so many ways. I...Oh, Coretta...I feel your pain in so many ways. It seems like my boys have all gone through a phase like that (well, not Logan yet...but I know it's coming). Then with added stress that she can definitely sense, it just agitates the situation. It's all developmentally appropriate behavior (which I am sure you know already), although we don't want to call it "appropriate"...and not that it helps any to know that. ;) I teach Sunbeams too, and it is soooo hard. Why do they put mom's of young kids in the primary?? I don't understand it...it should be against the rules.<BR/>Hang in there....it will get better and more bearable.Angie Juddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696087877897163536noreply@blogger.com