introducing myself to the GD forum

[warrior mama]

Hello,
I've lurked her a lot and now I am saying hi. I have a one year old dd and I want to raise her with GD. However, coming from a family where physical and verbal abuse is/was rife I often stumble. As a child my mother spanked, pulled hair, threatened to put us in an orphanage, blah, blah. I so desparatly want to raise my dd differently but it is a challenge everyday. I am reading a lot and practising being mindful.

[georgia]

Welcome to Gentle Discipline! Sadly, many of us understand all too well the environment in which you grew up. So good to see you here, and thanks for the intro!

[irinam]

Welcome!

You can do it and lots of us can relate - many came from similar backgrounds

[DevaMajka]

Welcome I'm glad you're here

[aidansmom05]

I grew up going hearing that I was gonna go to the home for little wanderers. We were locked in our rooms and hit...and more. DH's dad yelled a lot, so DH is a firm believer in firm tones etc.:

Today Aidan 10m was exploring the kitchen...we were in there and he was trying to get into the cat food tub which he knocked over, and a few other things. Well dh said NO! I told him that he should just redirect him and put him back to his toys. DH tried to tell ds he would lose play time WTF??? I gave him daggers and told him that he was wrong to tell him that.

So, here the struggle begins. I do find myself getting irritated with ds sometimes and I'm working on it, I know a lot of it has to do with how I was raised.

Do you guys know of any good gd books? thanks!