My second son has never been an "easy" child. He had reflux, ate small amounts very very frequently and spit up constantly, took short naps, frequent night waking (due to reflux and possible asthma), hated the bottle, never took a pacifier, was a very aggressive nurser, started the "terrible two's" at age 10 months, and cries every time you put him in the carseat (since birth!). He also hits and BITES his brother for no reason at all.
All of these trials were managable, until now. I'm having a very hard time with the current stage he's in. He strongly dislikes his mommy right now and heavily favors his daddy. That is putting it mildly! It's been so bad for the last 3 weeks that I finally broke down - I've been crying for the last 2 days. I mean really, I'm pregnant and hormonal and my baby hates me. When I try and kiss him he slaps me in the face. When I walk into a room he's in he yells at me to go away and get daddy. We of course punish him for treating me this way - and it takes over an hour of time outs etc. to get him to appologize. He'd rather be locked in his room crying by himself, than appologize to mommy and give her a kiss. It is heartbreaking and I'm praying to the Lord for wisdom and strength. I'm sure there is a lesson to be learned from this difficult time... but that doesn't make it hurt any less.
All of these trials were managable, until now. I'm having a very hard time with the current stage he's in. He strongly dislikes his mommy right now and heavily favors his daddy. That is putting it mildly! It's been so bad for the last 3 weeks that I finally broke down - I've been crying for the last 2 days. I mean really, I'm pregnant and hormonal and my baby hates me. When I try and kiss him he slaps me in the face. When I walk into a room he's in he yells at me to go away and get daddy. We of course punish him for treating me this way - and it takes over an hour of time outs etc. to get him to appologize. He'd rather be locked in his room crying by himself, than appologize to mommy and give her a kiss. It is heartbreaking and I'm praying to the Lord for wisdom and strength. I'm sure there is a lesson to be learned from this difficult time... but that doesn't make it hurt any less.
4 comments:
Owie, Owie, Owie!!! Be nice to your mama! I feel for you Robin. It was SO sad when Sienna did stuff like that to me. Broke my heart. He'll grow out of it, I promise!
That's tough! Sorry you have to go through that.
Oh you poor thing!! I hope it gets better REALLY SOON!! I'll pray for you!
January 27 at 5:15pm
Ok I don't have kids or anything but I had the longest pediatric rotation known to man and got slapped in the face everyday. I found that if I stopped trying so hard and just did my own thing, like playing with something they would be interested in and essentially ignoring them that they would come to me to investigate what I was doing. I mean it's human nature to be unreasonable when think you have the upper hand, he's doing it for YOUR attention, not Daddy's. When you deny him that atttention he will want it back, and he will realize this is not the way to get it.
Don't know if this will help, but it's worth a shot. :)
Melissa Hawks
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