Feb 02 2009
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
Man, has today ever been one of those days. I should have seen it coming, after all with my morning sickness and Don’t mess with Mommy, she’s exhausted-ness the past two (plus) weeks, it would be strange if everything didn’t come to a nasty head at some point. Today was the day it all broke loose.
Bug is testing me like never before today. I’m sure he’s crabby from not getting enough sleep this weekend, and being cooped up in the house for days on end with a lame Mommy who can barely stand to make lunch, let alone do fun crafts and play. Today, I put Bug in time out three times before Noon. He had five spankings before Noon.
After Noon, it didn’t get much better. He’s into this thing, where I tell him to do something, and he decides to try to spit at me, kick at me, scream bloody murder, and otherwise turn into a holy terror. Today was the mother of all holy terror days and I feel like a majority of the day has been getting upset with him. It’s so frustrating.
A big part of what is getting him in trouble today is his use of the word “stupid.” He first learned this word from Jim Carrey’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas where he’s talking about Christmas and pointing at the Whos saying “Stupid, stupid, stupid!” We stopped watching The Grinch when Bug started saying this word, but still, it has stuck with him. He says it mostly when he gets frustrated. I have tried talking calmly to him, telling him that we don’t use that word, that if he’s frustrated, he simply needs to ask for help and I would be happy to help him. I have also tried getting upset with him about it, like today, which only results in him sitting in time out, spitting and yelling “STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!”
After he has it out of his system and I have ignored him long enough for him to realize that it doesn’t work on me, he is falling over himself with apologies. Big huge hugs and “I’m sorry Mommy”s, everything to make my heart melt. But then, an hour later, he’s back at it again.
Aaaaarrrrghhh!!!
I don’t want my kid to be that kid who says naughty words in class! I suppose he could be saying worse things, goodness knows I have let a few zingers slip by accident in his presence, but still. He’s a nice boy, he shouldn’t be calling things or people stupid. That’s just stupid, erm, I mean silly!
If there is a silver lining to this situation (and there always is, if you look hard enough), I am actually not feeling as crummy today as I have been. Last Monday I felt pretty good too, I wonder if there’s something with the development of the babies that gives me a bit of a reprieve once a week. Granted, at five o’clock this morning I was crouched in front of the toilet trying to make myself throw up, just so I could feel better, which never happened. Fortunately, as the day has gone on and I have more food in my stomach, that seems to have gotten better.
In other news: The blog looks different, huh? Well, after much stalling on my part to switch over to the required universal Today.com theme, I finally gave in and did it, since it’s going to be switched soon anyway. It’s not as clean looking as my other theme, for which I apologize, but I will tweak it here and there to get it looking as purdy as I can with what I have control over. If anyone has an idea for a banner that would be snazzy (to replace the shooting stars), let me know!
