Bad Mommy Day

I was frustrated...Just in a bad mood, PMSing. Ben was over active (as usual) not listening, and spitting out phrases that he learned from "The Cat In The Hat" movie. Not so nice words I might add...Shame. My son loves this movie...giggles and laughs throughout the whole thing...but when he looks at me and says "Son of a Bleep" (exact words) It makes my blood boil.

Anyway...I realized that I was being unfair to him. I had been getting after him for an hour or so, becoming more and more frustrated each time. Not sure just how I realized it...it may have been the steam rolling out of my ears. Either way...I realized...I was being a crappy mom. We all have those days. (I hope) So...what did I do? I gave myself a time out. Unfortunately...I didn't have 28 minutes (Time out minutes = Age of person in time out) to sit in the corner. So I gave myself 3 or 4. I went outside on the step, in the -5 C weather and had and gave myself a good talking too!

"It's not his fault he's bored! He is an only child, and he has no control over that. He spends his days doing what we need him to do, with two working parents, their isn't a whole lot of time for play." (Just a little blip of my lecture to myself) So, after a couple deep breaths, and a few little tears, I went back in the house, gave Ben a big hug and spent the rest of the evening with him. Anything I had to do, I included him. We cooked supper (KD and fried Balogna). He played in the tub for almost an hour. We washed, dried and put away a load of laundry.

When it was bedtime, we read a bunch of books. He loves the Mr. Men and Little Miss books that I passed down to him, as well, his new favorite book that he got for Christmas from his Aunti KiKi. The Gruffalo.

All in all, it ended up being a good night. We went to bed happy, frustration was gone. And my Bad Mommy Day turned into a Good Mommy Day!