Why don't kids just do what we ask them to? Why don't they listen? I hate it when we as parents have to follow through with a threat because our kids chose to do something they had been warned not to do. Yesterday I had to follow through with a punishment I had threatened to do. La-La keeps pooping her pants and then continues playing and denies it when I ask her what stinks. I have asked her why and she has said it is because she doesn't want to stop playing. It is gross that she poops but it is even more frustrating that she lies to me about it and stays in the soiled undies until I notice! Jaco is easy to punish. I just take away the tv or computer because he spends time with those things everyday. La-La doesn't have one thing that she LOVES. If I take away barbies she will just play babies. The only thing I could think of was her hair. She loves it that her hair is kinda long now so I told her if she soils her panties again then I will cut a little off her hair. I am sure this makes me the worst mom but it was the only thing I could think of and I just hoped I wouldn't have to follow through. Well yesterday, she did it so I had to trim her hair. She cried and cried. Her hair is still plenty long to put in piggy tails or a pony tail but she is still sad. I just hope she is sad enough to remember to use the bathroom when she needs to go!
On a lighter note, Care Bear had her 3 year check up yesterday and she is doing great! She is perfectly average in height and weight and ahead in her motor skills. I asked the Dr about her STILL not sleeping through the night. He thinks it could be night terrors. He instructed us to disturb her sleep about an hour before she usually wakes up screaming. He said not to wake her just move her around enough to break up the sleep cycle. If it is night terrors hopefully in a week her body will change the cycle of sleep after we have forced it to. I tried it last night and she never woke up screaming. I know it is too early to whoop and holler but I am hopeful! We also are going to try an acid reflux medicine. Care Bear always wakes up with a scratchy sounding voice and several times during the night, she has pointed to her chest when I ask if anything hurts. As a baby, she was on medicine for reflux but had improved enough to quit the medicine. I tried to give her the medicine last night but she refused to take it because it tasted horrible. So I am going to talk to the Dr again and see if there is something else we can try. She also is going back on the singulair as an asthma prevention drug. She is doing great that way but the Dr just wants to make she has a good winter and because she has been so sick in the past with asthma. So wish us luck on getting her to sleep at night! Hopefully either the reflux medicine or the changing of her sleep cycle or maybe even a combination of the two will finally give all of us peaceful slumber!
On a lighter note, Care Bear had her 3 year check up yesterday and she is doing great! She is perfectly average in height and weight and ahead in her motor skills. I asked the Dr about her STILL not sleeping through the night. He thinks it could be night terrors. He instructed us to disturb her sleep about an hour before she usually wakes up screaming. He said not to wake her just move her around enough to break up the sleep cycle. If it is night terrors hopefully in a week her body will change the cycle of sleep after we have forced it to. I tried it last night and she never woke up screaming. I know it is too early to whoop and holler but I am hopeful! We also are going to try an acid reflux medicine. Care Bear always wakes up with a scratchy sounding voice and several times during the night, she has pointed to her chest when I ask if anything hurts. As a baby, she was on medicine for reflux but had improved enough to quit the medicine. I tried to give her the medicine last night but she refused to take it because it tasted horrible. So I am going to talk to the Dr again and see if there is something else we can try. She also is going back on the singulair as an asthma prevention drug. She is doing great that way but the Dr just wants to make she has a good winter and because she has been so sick in the past with asthma. So wish us luck on getting her to sleep at night! Hopefully either the reflux medicine or the changing of her sleep cycle or maybe even a combination of the two will finally give all of us peaceful slumber!
4 comments:
I really do hope she can start sleeping through the night soon for your sake! And I pray she has a much healthier winter this year!!
You are a fabulous mom and I'm proud of you for following through - that's the hardest part! Good luck with that little one!
Good for you sticking to your threat! I hope this is the last time you have to cut her hair! Good luck with Care Bear. I hope she starts sleeping through the night for you!
That would have been a hard one to follow through on,but way to go. I hope it worked and sounds like you have a really great Dr. who knows his stuff. I hope it all equals out to a clean bottom and a good nights rest.
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