You will not believe what Sierra-Lynn thought she could get away with today. With today being Mark's day off (as well as payday) we used it as "Running Day". While at Target, Sierra-Lynn decided to put a teddy bear makeup kit (from the one spot) under her coat and then wrapped her arms around it. Yep, you heard right, my sweet little angel tried her hand at stealing.
Mark pulled the makeup away from her and smacked both of her hands. We took the makeup and put it back on the shelf (which led to a full fledged fit). On top of that she lost playgroup tomorrow and Chuck E Cheese next week. I don't know what kind of world that I have found myself living in, but the woman in the next aisle was absolutely floored that we would punish her so severely. She didn't think that such a small child should lose so much. How is how we chose to deal with this situation any of her business?
We took away things that she loves, we could have done what I know some parents do and beat her (not that I could do that, once it is done to you, you don't want to impart that kind of punishment on anyone). So, I just thought that I would ask other parents, what would you do if you found your child trying to steal something?
Mark and I talked about it and we think that if you can catch unacceptable behavior when your child is little, they won't do things that they shouldn't when they are bigger. Then again, we could be wrong, after all every child is different.
Speaking of children. I don't know what has been wrong with me today, but I didn't even feel like getting out of bed today. I just felt drained. And feel even worse now. While at Schnucks (and Shop N Save) I felt like I had surround sound in my head. Every little noise was magnified about a million times and I had this sharp pain in the back of my head (about 3 inches behind my left ear (straight back from the bottom of my ear)). Its not the first time that I have had this pain either, but it hasn't been quite so intense before. If you believe Mark, the last time that my head had surround sound was before Sierra-Lynn was born, but how often can you trust what a man says. ;)
In other news, we had an impromptu play date yesterday at which something amazing happen. The little girl that came over is Lexi (Alexis Morgan Dee) and she is a sweet little girl, but quite the mama's girl. Meaning she never leaves mama's side, she did yesterday. Both she and Sierra went from the living room through the kitchen, past the laundry room and into the office, all without Lexi crying. It was great. That and Sierra finally stood up for herself. Lexi can be very mean sometimes (pinching, biting, pulling hair) and Sierra normally just takes it, but she told Lexi in no uncertain terms that if she did it again she would pinch back. After that it was all love and hugs, and when I say hugs, I mean 20 minutes of hugs, it was so cute. I got some pictures of it, but like I said I don't feel very well and don't want to wait the hour that it will take to down load it.
If I feel better I will post again tomorrow, if not I'll be back in a few days. Until then wish me luck on getting a couple day care kids.
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I think you guys were right on with the punishment. What we have learned from Tanner is that you sometimes a time out is enough...if you don't mind telling him AGAIN that what he did is wrong...because he ALWAYS does it again. With the stuff that we REALLY want to sink in (shoplifting would be one of those things)we would also have to be a little harsher and take away some of the privelages that he loves so much. Only you can know how to parent your child best!
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