So.… I've been a bit absent from the blog... Myself and the boys are now in a new routine. They have now finally started school and getting used to the adjustment is something else. I haven't needed to wake up at 6 for at least 2 years now looool, so going back to that is a wake up call. But I'm so proud of the boys.. they have adjusted well. The first day was... a nightmare. Jeremiah was screaming and crying and throwing himself on the floor... and Matthew thought I was coming into school with him, so the moment he realized he was crying and crying... and the school had to call me back to collect him. The second day... it was a complete 360 and they walked into the school like they've been doing it all their lives. I felt like the worst mother ever on the first day-- there were other kids having tantrums and meltdowns but I felt like.. it's always my children that have meltdowns.. or this could just be my own paranoia.. Jeremiah is struggling a little bit to settle...
I sometimes forget that just like us, our kids can have not so good days. Maybe they're just not in the mood... they're a little bit more sensitive today, or something has just really upset them and they have just decided they will cry until they decide they want to stop. There was a day I picked up Jeremiah from nursery and I realized that he was a bit tearful. One of his teachers told me he pinched one of his classmates and they told him off.. but they told me he was ok at storytime.. When he got dismissed... all he was doing was crying. Well... shouting. lol. Wailing. So I gave him a hug and a kiss and we went. Still crying. I tried to butter him up with some juice. Gave it to him. Cried after inhaling the juice. At this point I know he wanted a little bit of attention... Still shouting/crying. So at this point until we got home I just came to the conclusion he has decided this is what he wants to do. lol. But I don't take into consideration that even young children can...
Having children personally has actually made me realize certain things that I've been doing for so long that isn't very good. What I'm talking about on this occasion is kissing my teeth. It's something I do without even thinking-- I do it when I'm concentrating.. I do it when I'm frustrated.. I do it when I'm bored for goodness sake lol! Now... the moment I realized '"Oh no" was when my 3 year old did something really naughty.. and I told him off.. I kissed my teeth.. and he copied the sound! I did a double take and told him 'Don't make that sound!" But isn't it funny how we're the one with the bad habits.. and we're always doing it.. but we will quickly correct our kids? We don't want our kids to do the bad habits that we have adopted from childhood or even adulthood... this is why we always need to be checking ourselves because we are our children's first role model. They see us everyday, every night-- every ...
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