Being Stressed = Bad Mama
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RSS FeedIt’s happening again. I’m getting short with Max. I get onto him for no good reason. Sigh. I’m a little stressed, what with our plans to move. And this single-parenting-while-husband-works-in-a-hellhole is getting a leetle bit old. Therefore I take it out on a helpless 4-year-old.
At least I recognize it. It’s funny, I started this blog to deal with my impatience with him. Then things got a lot better. Now we’re there again.
I try to ask myself before I say “no,” What’s a good reason for saying no? Do I have one? If not, maybe you shouldn’t say it. But just like with my mom, I find myself being fickle just because I can.
Any advice?
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Tracy commented on May 08, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Can you take a “Mommy time-out”? Sometimes I tell my boys I need one, and it works.
I think it’s great you ask yourself for a good reason before just saying no… I need to borrow that, I think! And yes, that you recognize it is definitely progress!
Keep breathing!!