Mamas, I am about out of patience with redirection and GD and really don't want to go down the road of non-GD. I think I mostly need to vent to someone who will understand the dynamics of two little ones...
DD and ds are at each other all the time. ds melts down at the drop of a hat and doesn't seem to understand that going from playing nicely to screaming at his sister isn't going to get him what he wants. I've tried time outs, redirection, talking to him (he's 5, dd is 2.5), and I'm
: that I've yelled at him lately... I'm on my last nerve. I'm tired and stressed out with my school responsibilities (taking 38 hours this trimester, doing 10 hours of workstudy a week and trying to stay on top of things at home). Finals start on Friday and go thru next Thursday, then I have a class that I have to take over break (has to do with the way it is scheduled 
: ). I love them both, but lately I just want to run away and hide.
I had a meeting this afternoon with the professor I work for and they were the grusome twosome - I was so horribly irritated with their behavior (yet at the same time know that they were just being kids) - we were in the microbiology lab and they wanted to run and spin chairs and play hide n seek... I would have done the meeting without them along if it had been possible. Thankfully the prof was understanding - she has 2 of her dd and 2 dgd (darling granddaughers) living with her and her dh, so she knows how kids are.
Agggggggg... thanks for reading. even hugs would be great.
DD and ds are at each other all the time. ds melts down at the drop of a hat and doesn't seem to understand that going from playing nicely to screaming at his sister isn't going to get him what he wants. I've tried time outs, redirection, talking to him (he's 5, dd is 2.5), and I'm
: that I've yelled at him lately... I'm on my last nerve. I'm tired and stressed out with my school responsibilities (taking 38 hours this trimester, doing 10 hours of workstudy a week and trying to stay on top of things at home). Finals start on Friday and go thru next Thursday, then I have a class that I have to take over break (has to do with the way it is scheduled : ). I love them both, but lately I just want to run away and hide.I had a meeting this afternoon with the professor I work for and they were the grusome twosome - I was so horribly irritated with their behavior (yet at the same time know that they were just being kids) - we were in the microbiology lab and they wanted to run and spin chairs and play hide n seek... I would have done the meeting without them along if it had been possible. Thankfully the prof was understanding - she has 2 of her dd and 2 dgd (darling granddaughers) living with her and her dh, so she knows how kids are.
Agggggggg... thanks for reading. even hugs would be great.
for the great job that you're doing.
It sounds like you have a serious load! I'm sure that your kids are just making you so crazy because you are so stressed. I think within reason, assuming they aren't truely hurting each other, it is within reason to tell them to solve their own problems. Tell them you are sure they are smart and can find a way to share, or whatever you need them to do. And leave them to do it.
