I'm in tears right now.
Tears!
Tears because my four year old is refusing to get dressed for the 1 MILLIONTH TIME!!! And I just don't have the energy or will to fight her anymore. I just can't. Everytime we need to go somewhere it is a fight with me yelling and her yelling and finally time-out and toys taken away. My patience is gone people!
This morning I wanted to take her to story-time at our local library and return a few books. But does she want to get dressed for that? No! Yesterday, she went to school at our church. Did she want to get ready for that? No! It is always a fight with her to get dressed, brush her teeth, and comb her hair, which usually results in us being late wherever we go (even though we start about an hour ahead of time). And I am just done.
Done. Done. Done.
I love her to death, but this phase we are in right now where she has to fight me every step of the way is getting old. My patience is gone, and I hope someday it will return. Maybe that will be the day E stops fighting me and starts getting ready on her own... when she is like 16.
Is she a sound sleeper? Anyway you can like sneak in there before she wakes up and put her day clothes on while she is still too tired to fight you? LOL.
ReplyDeleteYou know, cut out the whole middle-man of telling her it's time to get dressed. Just sneak attack & when she's up - ta-da! - clothes are already on. "Let's go!" haha
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Oh girl, I get it. I hope things start to get a bit easier. Hugs!
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