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Tonight DD asked DH to help her take her shower (she needs help washing her hair). So she is in there for a few minutes and apparently gets water in her face and starts freaking out....crying....etc. DH (I guess) can't figure out why since she has had showers before and tells her to stop....she just gets more upset and he smacked her on her behind
She came downstairs to me (and her brothers) and was crying and trying to tell me what was going on.......well yesterday she went to the pool with my neighbor...she took off her swimmies and tried to stand on the steps but her foot slipped and she went under water.....she freaked and cried and wanted to come home, but a few minutes later decided to go back in the pool with the swimmies (she and I talked about it afterwards and she would like to try swim lessons again)......anyway, apparently the water that got in her face in the shower reminded her of going under in the pool (she said she was afraid of drowning) and thats why she freaked in the shower---TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE to me!
I held her and stroked her hair....told her I was sorry that happened...that I was sorry Daddy smacked her and that if she ever feels like that again to say why she is upset (not blaming her for what happened, just trying to empower her so she can explain herself)
DD asked me to relay the explanation to DH and we went in the kitchen and told him why she freaked....he just sort of ignored us and gave a "um hmm"....I guess he was still mad but still...he should have apologized
She came downstairs to me (and her brothers) and was crying and trying to tell me what was going on.......well yesterday she went to the pool with my neighbor...she took off her swimmies and tried to stand on the steps but her foot slipped and she went under water.....she freaked and cried and wanted to come home, but a few minutes later decided to go back in the pool with the swimmies (she and I talked about it afterwards and she would like to try swim lessons again)......anyway, apparently the water that got in her face in the shower reminded her of going under in the pool (she said she was afraid of drowning) and thats why she freaked in the shower---TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE to me!
I held her and stroked her hair....told her I was sorry that happened...that I was sorry Daddy smacked her and that if she ever feels like that again to say why she is upset (not blaming her for what happened, just trying to empower her so she can explain herself)
DD asked me to relay the explanation to DH and we went in the kitchen and told him why she freaked....he just sort of ignored us and gave a "um hmm"....I guess he was still mad but still...he should have apologized
