Parenting

Well as I mentioned before, I have a 2 yr old, and with that comes the terrible part right? In my case yes! She is the most amazing, most challenging, and most strong willed little girl I have the pleasure of calling her my daughter. We have had many struggles with behavior lately. Where the heck does she learn such phrases like "FINE"! or "WHATEVER"! as she stomps to her room with her arms firmly folded??? I certainly do not display this kind of behavior. She also runs from us when its time to get dressed or time to go to bed, throws her sippy cup on the floor if its contents do not appeal to her, and refuses to eat anything called a vegetable unless bribed.

So now your all thinking "oh my goodness, she IS terrible" BUT, at the end of the day Veda is the most wonderful, sweet, cuddly little girl there could be. She is full of hugs, kisses and I love you's!! I am so blessed to be her mommy.

With all of this negativity from Veda we have had to make some choices on how to discipline and that in itself is a huge challenge. We have tried everything, YES everything. Here I admit that I have even spanked her, which I DO regret. I don't even believe in spanking because my mom was abusive and I WILL NOT be traveling down that road. Spanking isn't the answer anyway, it teaches our children to hit, and don't we teach our children that hitting is unacceptable??? So there is a huge double standard.

So what works for us? We are still figuring it out. What works one day may not work the next. Time outs are becoming pretty effective but its very exhausting. Worth the work, but exhausting! So I will end this post by saying.....being a stay at home mom is the hardest job in the world, there are no sick days, no paid vacations, no 8 hr work days BUT we do get a bonus.......those extra hugs, kisses, and I love you's that come amongst the fits throughout the day and I wouldn't trade it for the world! I am blessed beyond words that I have had the chance to be a stay at home mom while finishing my nursing degree.