Before 9am, sweet Norah, who had been awake less than 30 minutes began eating one of her board books. Yes, I had fed her breakfast but, this type behavior we usually see when she's over-tired. I warned her that I would take it away if she didn't stop chewing on it..... also, explained to her that we need to take good care of the stuff we've been blessed with. After she continued chewing on the book I took it away from her and, she did what she does when she really wants to get a rise out of her mama.... she ran over and hit Henry. Even worse, she grabbd a remote off the couch and hit him in the back of the head with it. cue screaming, crying, screaming, crying. It's hard to soothe a baby when you know Norah needs to be disciplined in that immediate moment. I guess this is why when people hear our kids' ages they autimatically respond with "you've got your hands full" or "you're a busy mama."
The rest of the morning followed suit with bad behavior and timeouts for Norah. We even called Joel to have him give Norah a "little pep talk" about good behavior. That didn't work. Note: motivational speaking is not in Joel's future.
When I carried Norah to her highchair for lunch she gave me a big hug and rested her head on my shoulder. She needed extra cuddle time today which I wasn't giving her. I set her in her chair and she immediately folded her hands to pray and bowed her head. I realized that Norah IS learning and she was just simply having a bad day. After lunch when Henry needed to be fed, instead of waking him, I let him sleep even though we tend to be schedule sticklers..... my oldest needed some cuddle time.
And that's exactly what we did.
I love that when my babies need me, I can be there for them. To God be the glory for making it possible for me to be a stay-at-home mom. I just always need to
remember to take good care of what I have been blessed with.
