Momming Hardcore...

...is so fucking stressful.

Life lessons are never easy. Especially when your daughter, who used to be sweet, has encountered the temper tantrums from hell. Like, "put a two year old screaming in the middle of Target to shame" temper tantrums.

I've gone full dictator mode. Her room has been emptied of anything fun, literally stripped down to her vanity, bed, clothes, and shoes.

Let me start from the beginning.

She got grounded about a week ago for doing something dumb. Something that could have injured herself and her friends. While she didn't actively participate, she didn't stop it, and I'm all about complacency is no different than actively participating.

So, bye-bye went all electronics, friends, and going out for two weeks. Also, some manual labor was included in the punishment. When she began resisting anything she was asked to by way of screaming and crying, I decided it was time for a bit harsher punishment.

While she's respectful outside of the home, I (nor any parent) should not have to put up with certain behaviors such as; screaming, crying when one doesn't get what they want, consciously talking back, tantrums, etc.

She has nothing. She has to earn it all back through respectful behavior and compliance. (Also in some cases it is okay to buck the system, but when it comes to doing chores in your own home, it is not okay)

Let me tell you how that's going.

I'm so stressed out, I managed to come down with a mild case of shingles. She's currently screaming at me from her bedroom something so shrill that I cannot even understand what she's screaming about BUT, she's doing it from her bedroom. She's doing it from the place that I told her she is not allowed to leave until the whopping two jobs I asked her to do this morning are completed.

I asked Alexa to play some classical music. So, my house looks like a scene from a movie where all hell is breaking loose while the main character is just taking it all in to some soothing music. It's bringing my blood pressure back down. I totally get it now!

Even as I'm wrapping up this post, she's stopped screaming and has started working on at least one of the jobs.

I cannot WAIT until my children have children.

~Kim