I read somewhere once that sometimes children, as they start to reach their birthday, start to act out. Their body and mind are going through various changes and sometimes that results in the child acting like another person entirely. I hope that is Colm’s case right now. He has lost so many privileges this week. I kind of feel bad for him because it seems as if the privilege loss doesn’t seem to be working and he is a bit defeated, but how much can you take away from a preschooler? I can’t take away his car, or his iPod or restrict his iChat time. He has lost TV time and his books at bedtime. I have even threatened to not let him go to kindergarten next year if he keeps acting like this because I wouldn’t ask a kindergarten teacher to put up with this kind of behavior all day. He was upset when I said that, but not upset enough to change his ways. (Heavy sigh.) I remember going through something like this last year as Liam’s sixth birthday approached. (He did manage to get through his seventh birthday unscathed.) So, please God, let this be a phase that will soon pass.
It’s Just a Phase (and I am Going to Keep Telling Myself That)
Friday, March 13, 2009
Hang in there, girlfriend. I’m rooting for you.
D went nuts just after his 6th birthday. I’m not sure exactly what the problem was, but he was in trouble at home and trouble at school for several days straight. We made him go to bed early for several days “like a baby” until he could act “like a big boy”.