When difficult moments take place
One interesting thing about being a fulltime mom is that you get to see a lot of (all, if they haven’t started school) their day-to-day ups and downs. Their sweet and not-so-sweet daily episodes.
And as for my case, the kids somehow have been giving me quite a few difficult moments lately.
Objects being thrown around. Spilled water (coming from the mouth!) on the floor and even on the bed. Whining and nagging. Toys being the tug-of-war objects between the two. Super slow milk drinking. Refusal to share, which often ends up with a bit of screaming and crying. Acting as if their hearing abilities are turned off. Flicking of vegetables and rice from the high chair to the dining floor. Sprinkling of baby powders on table tops and floors.
The list can go on and on. And it does get pretty interesting.
While such ‘episodes’ don’t happen throughout the day (thank goodness!), when they do, and when they’re coupled with the internet being down and stuff, they can drive me up the wall.
Okay I didn’t reach my boiling point – like I did some 3 weeks ago – but such episodes do turn my mind pretty numb at times.
From raising my voice, giving them super stern look and talk, yelling, giving a quick slap on the palm, to simply looking at the mess and behaviours, giving the kids my tired, super displeased and ‘you-should-know-this-is-wrong’ look and leaving the site only to return a few minutes later.
And when I just feel too verbally and mentally tired to explain and reason with the older one, I’d let her be by herself. In the bedroom. Where there’s zero audience to her unreasonable cries and whines (the ‘break’ gives me some time to cool my mind off too).
And after a minute or so (depending on the scale of the drama), I’d then go in and speak to her, hoping to bring the chapter to a close. If my request (for her to end her tantrums) falls on deaf ears, then I’d repeat the whole process again (leave her, and come back a few minutes later).
I’ve got to say though, God is good. When you’re just tired from handling a string of draining incidents, the kids can be really sweet, so sweet that they manage to put a little smile on a tired mom’s face.
So. There you go.
A little insight into a fulltime mommy’s day.
