Luminous_Rose
CF Ambassador
So, at church this evening I took the kids to church while my husband needed to do a much needed errand. My parents weren't there like they usually were due to other things.
My kids were so good for like 5 minutes and then...disaster. My 4 year old decides to go get a drink in the water fountain after I try to offer her her own cup with water in it that I brought...yeah NOPE. She runs and comes back...not too bad. Then she decides to shut herself in the baby cry room with a loud SLAM. She sits again and then during prayer she gets up and runs around the front in front of everybody. By this point I am mortified. I am trying to tell her to come when she is running around like a mad woman while holding my 1 year old who thinks this is a blast. Other adults get up to help and some of them call her by name telling her to come to me.
After taking her out of there then cooling down and bringing her back in, I sit her next to me and my 1 year old...oh...money-see-monkey-do! She tries to run off like big sis for the rest of the service. My 4 year old asks for a book, I hand her one and then she chucks it at my forehead and says, "NO! I DIDN'T WANT THAT BOOK! I WANT THAT ONE OVER THERE!" UGH! Yeah, no more books tonight for you, kid.
I am the introvert...this stuff is HARD. After service my 4 year old immediately takes off and all these parents are coming to hug me. It doesn't make me feel better...I hate all the attention. My husband comes in later than intended and I head to the car and scream...and cry...in the car. I am the introvert...why did God give me the talkative strong-willed child?! My husband tells me, "So she won't depend on you your whole life." What a point...but the day by day has been this way at home. I am exhausted and feeding my sugar addiction terribly as my sorry attempt of a coping mechanism.
Just pray for me and my family...that things get better. Do kids always embarrass their parents this much? Do kids always hurt their parents this much? I feel so lost...
My kids were so good for like 5 minutes and then...disaster. My 4 year old decides to go get a drink in the water fountain after I try to offer her her own cup with water in it that I brought...yeah NOPE. She runs and comes back...not too bad. Then she decides to shut herself in the baby cry room with a loud SLAM. She sits again and then during prayer she gets up and runs around the front in front of everybody. By this point I am mortified. I am trying to tell her to come when she is running around like a mad woman while holding my 1 year old who thinks this is a blast. Other adults get up to help and some of them call her by name telling her to come to me.
After taking her out of there then cooling down and bringing her back in, I sit her next to me and my 1 year old...oh...money-see-monkey-do! She tries to run off like big sis for the rest of the service. My 4 year old asks for a book, I hand her one and then she chucks it at my forehead and says, "NO! I DIDN'T WANT THAT BOOK! I WANT THAT ONE OVER THERE!" UGH! Yeah, no more books tonight for you, kid.
I am the introvert...this stuff is HARD. After service my 4 year old immediately takes off and all these parents are coming to hug me. It doesn't make me feel better...I hate all the attention. My husband comes in later than intended and I head to the car and scream...and cry...in the car. I am the introvert...why did God give me the talkative strong-willed child?! My husband tells me, "So she won't depend on you your whole life." What a point...but the day by day has been this way at home. I am exhausted and feeding my sugar addiction terribly as my sorry attempt of a coping mechanism.
Just pray for me and my family...that things get better. Do kids always embarrass their parents this much? Do kids always hurt their parents this much? I feel so lost...