Saturday, January 16, 2010

Spoiled

Does anyone else suffer from having a spoiled child? I will admit, I indulge Adalie in a lot that she wants, especially treats now and again because I get some too =). Sometimes I think it is going to be a rude awakening to Adalie when another baby gets here though. She is so good at sharing her toys and her stuff with others, but you tell her the word "NO" and she will scream her head off.I am pretty sure I have written about this many times before but it is just fresh on my mind these last few days again. No you can't watch cartoons. No you can't play in the bathroom. No you can't sleep in mommy and daddy's bed. No you can't have chocolate for breakfast. These are just a few sentences I think I say about 10 times each a day for sure. She has been so good at going to bed at 9:00 like always but has been waking up around 5 for the last few days wanting to rock in the rocking chair with daddy or come in our room to sleep. I know once I start letting her do either, she will form a pattern and always do it, so I won't. The past two nights there have been some screaming matches at 5 A.M. for about an hour, sometimes two, until she falls asleep again. Not fun. I need to have a lot more patience, and being pregnant it is hard because I hurt all the time and I just get lazy and want to give in so she will stop crying and my head will stop pounding. Sometimes I get so stressed and scared at the thought of two because I can just imagine them both going off at the same time. I am so glad I have a spouse though who helps and takes a lot of it on himself whenever he can. And I am so glad there are so many more sweet moments to remember and have all the time too.

1 comment:

jess said...

i think we suffer fro spoiled child syndrome at our house. it funny how they can get me to make purchases that could easily be put off til a birthday or christmas. trips to the grocery store and walmart somehow end up with an added item or 2.