Ok I really prayed about what to do and I have decided Caleb and I are moving in with my 23 year old brother Matt. He really needs help financially and I want to help him out. Besides, it will save me about $100 a month, Caleb will have a steady male influence in his life, and I will have a garage to park my car in! And no crazy neighbors whose POT smell seeps through the vent in my bathroom! So as if school, work, and Caleb isnt enough, now I get to throw moving in the mix. I also have to get a storage unit because my stuff will not fit in his house with his stuff. It will be worth it though. He will get help with the mortgage and I get a house! Not mine but still a house! Im excited for this new adventure and hope it will work out. My brothers mean so much to me and I just cant sit back and watch his struggle anymore.
On a totally different tangent, Caleb was a little hellion today! I took him to the falls park in Post Falls today and as we were leaving he starts running up the road to where the parking lot is. Mind you, it was a very nice day today so it was very busy. I told him about 5 times to stop and he proceeded to the parking lot. I realized he wasnt going to stop so I start running after him. He ran his little ass all the way to my car. As soon as I got to my car I swatted him hard on the butt. I usually dont spank but I was furious! How could he just not listen to me. I put him in the carseat and tried to tell him why I was so mad. I told him(in a load voice) that he could have been hit by a car. I was so upset I was crying. And to make it worse, we were on our way to my parents house for the usual sunday night family dinner. Now both of us are crying. I dont know what to do. He has not been listening to me lately and Im getting so frustrated. I do timeouts, I send him to his room, and I even made him stand in the corner with his nose pointed to it. I hate spanking, not that Im against it by any means because I think kids need a swat once in a while. But as the main way to discipline I dont want to do it. I just dont want to spank him. Im at my whits ends with him right now. Im trying so hard to be the best mom I can be. It is just hard being a single parent period! Im hoping it gets better because most of the time he is good, but lately, we are butting heads.
Moving isn't fun at all, its exciting getting into a new home but that's about it!
ReplyDeleteIf there's ever a time to spank, it's definitely when your scared. I didn't believe in spanking either, but that was before I had Koby. We never really spanked much, either, I think part of it was because he knew that we WOULD spank. After they get a few swats, just the threat often works. Easy for me to say now :) be thankful that you have a normal little terd!!! He feels safe with you, that's why he's testing.
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