So, after my last post, I'm pretty sure I had a near breakdown. The yogurt all over the kitchen was just the beginning of a whole plethora of disasters Carter had lined up for me for the week. To mention a few: food coloring thrown about the kitchen, deciding Emmy was done with her nap after only 15 minutes or so (more than once), the end of a box of crackers spread across the only carpet we have on the main floor (a 5'x7' rug), and yes, poop smeared on Grandma's toilet and bathroom floor. I've tried to block the rest from my memory, but I'm still trying to get over the ones mentioned.
Anyways, the point of this blog is to bring to light the techniques that have saved my life the past week-and-a-half. I finally called my mama, almost two weeks ago, in tears. I felt desperate. I didn't know how to control my two-year-old, and my one-year-old was catching on all too quickly. It sounds much worse in words than it really was. I can laugh now over the situations I was faced with then. That being said, I felt I was at a dead end. I asked my mom to take me shopping (which was previously planned, I just brought to her attention that we would be going right then, instead of in the next couple of weeks:o))
When she arrived at my house, she had with her a book entitled, "Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood". Can I just say, "WOW!" It has been my life saver ever since. I started using a couple of the techniques that day and saw an almost immediate improvement! It's still not what I would call "easy", but it's so much more tolerable!!! So, for those of you who may struggle with knowing how to handle your children, this is the answer! And amazing parents who would drop anything to help/save you are definitely huge life savers too. I probably still wouldn't be reading that book if it wasn't for my marvelous mother!!
