New Toy

 

I feel bad but sometimes when Bode is extra whiney, grumpy, annoying, mean, purposely does stuff I just said not to .... or whatever else I lose my patience and start yelling. I feel like it takes a lot for me to get to this point, but it definitely happens.  I even catch myself yelling at him to stop yelling! AHH. I’m such a hypocrite. I  hate that I do that and I am really trying to work on it. It breaks his little heart when I yell at him and then it doesn’t even matter what he did because he’s bawling that I’m being mean.  One day I sat him down for a chat. I told him that I was really sorry I yelled and sometimes I make mistakes just like he does. I told him I was going to try my hardest to be nice, but that it’s a lot easier for me to be nice to him when he is nice and listens to me.  I tried to go into details about why we have certain rules and what they mean and why they are necessary.  I told him that I was going to try really hard to be nicer and I wanted him to try really hard to be better, too. I praised him for being such a good boy and helper and anything else I could think of and told him he just needs to work a little harder on listening to me. I gave him a big hug and told him he was such a good kid and I loved him so much and it’s ok to make mistakes, but we also need to try harder to do what is right. Both of us! Then I asked him if he wanted to make cookies. Baking makes everything better, right? He lit up and said, “Sure mom! Thanks for asking me!”

I don’t know what clicked for him this time because we’ve had that same chat multiple times, but he really has been trying! It’s been so much more pleasant around here and I LOVE it. I’ve been giving him extra attention and trying to make more compromises with him. Whenever he wants something he says, “Mom! I’m being so nice!!” It’s been a few weeks and although we still have our issues sometimes, we’ve both been much better!

I took him to the dollar store for a new Dinosaur. (Such a great gift, huh?) Clint couldn’t believe I got him another dinosaur, but I just had to do something! It’s all that kid ever wants.

The sun was setting and it was so pretty. I had my camera with me, so on the way home I pulled to the side of the road and snapped these pictures.

It was literally 3 minutes into me taking pictures and he was giving me sad faces. He asked if we could be done and I said, “Yep! We can be done. Thanks for letting me take pictures of you with your new dinosaur!” He grinned this cheesy grin and said, “Oh thanks for asking me mom! Thanks for being nice to me!”

I just love him.