Monday, April 11, 2016

The three D's, defiance, defiance, defiance

I feel like Jace came out of the womb trying to defy life. He rejected anything he should do, or needed, like sleep for example.

He was colicky and kept me up for 8 months.  I don't honestly know how I made it through functional.

He will be 4 in July, and I've been waiting for things to get better.  Instead things only seem to get worse.

He has usually only been defiant to us, but last week his teacher told me he had a terrible day at preschool.  He hit a kid more than once, refused to go to time out, and had to be held in a corner by the teacher....who he proceeded to hit and kick.  She asked what we do.  We put him in his room. They can't do that.

I don't know what will help.  We are consistent, I have Cody's back up, we are a loving two-parent household and we are always on the same page....he just seems destined to be naughty.  We grounded him after that incident.  He had a good day of school today, but this afternoon he wouldn't listen in karate.

KARATE

His one special activity I put him in.  I put him in it to help him listen.  I put him in it to learn respect, but to also have something that was special and just his.  His Grandma took him today.  He knew he was in trouble because he wouldn't tell me what happened.

He went to his room, he's grounded from electronics.

Will it make a difference? IDK.  He talks back, he's disrespectful.  It makes me so tired.

I'm tired....and then scared.  He's been doing this since he was 18 months old at least.  I get being willful but when will he learn?  When will he realize there are consequences and we DO enforce them?  Will he ever care?

IDK...I'm tired. How can I do this another 14 years?  There are already five holes in his door from throwing toys at the door.  FML God help me.

After a good day at karate with Grandma Smith

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