tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869620046382098554.post2675920001871823508..comments2023-06-29T08:39:54.759-04:00Comments on Granola Funk Mama: My Confession BoothGranola Funk Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266597826049837477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869620046382098554.post-83328654874744328442011-03-04T10:59:39.053-05:002011-03-04T10:59:39.053-05:00Crystal thank you so much for posting this. I fee...Crystal thank you so much for posting this. I feel very different from other moms sometimes so it is just nice to know that you are out there. I haven't read either of those books but I will -try to- check them out. Last couple days I've been keeping calm and repeating back, like you said, it does seem to help but he still explodes. Man poop on the walls. did you everything you'd be so unphased cleaning poop? Side effect of parenting.Granola Funk Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266597826049837477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869620046382098554.post-16653664706867905362011-03-03T00:04:19.270-05:002011-03-03T00:04:19.270-05:00i am having a lot of days like this. i find that ...i am having a lot of days like this. i find that if i just keep restating back to her what she is saying to me, she hears that i am listening to her. it can take just as long as a fit. but she recovers. the book, the happiest toddler on the block was pretty helpful. i am also going to read 'how to behave so your preschooler will.' <br />man, i can lose it. i spank have spanked. but i don't want to. and so i have forgiven myself. and i have forgiven my mother for her violent voice and hands. the trick isn't to not get frustrated and mad. its to breath deep and look deeply for compassion and empathy within yourself for your child. because little people have yet to develop those qualities. (easier said than done, i know! but i had to clean her poop of the preschool's nursery walls last week after a huge tantrum, and enlist the help of other mamas!) you're a good mama.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17009686549956899029noreply@blogger.com