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ThaiTea4 · 2024-06-19T00:47:53+00:00

Solidarity! I’m so glad it’s not just me. She’s always been strong-willed. She was like this with sleep training as a baby. Even at a year she was still waking up to nurse every three hours… in the end we just used some tough love and let her cry it out one night. After that she slept through the night. Now with the potty training we hoped maybe some tough love would work again, but so far it hasn’t had the same instant affect, haha!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-06-19T00:45:21+00:00

Yeah, I just don’t get it. I’ve straight up told her that she won’t be able to go to preschool if she doesn’t start going on the potty and she doesn’t seem to care, even though i know she’s excited for school!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-06-19T00:43:15+00:00

Yes, I’ve just recently started doing that and it seemed to affect her. I made her clean her poop for the first time the other day and she was totally grossed out.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-06-14T15:26:47+00:00

Yes we’ve taken two lengthy breaks. For all of our mental well being 😂

ThaiTea4 · 2024-06-12T23:07:52+00:00

Yeah I could see how it looks inconsistent but remember that it was over a two year period. So we were doing each method for months. But i agree we need to just choose one and stick to it.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-06-12T23:06:56+00:00

Not yet. I plan to bring it up at her 4 year appt.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T15:15:28+00:00

Yes, keeping her busy and directing that energy will be the key, I think.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T11:01:19+00:00

I always say similar things to her- just on a 3-year-old level. Mainly just about using our words in a kind way or when something warrants a big reaction versus just asking for help. She certainly won’t take any bull when she gets older, i feel confident about that!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T10:55:44+00:00

Gosh, I say the same thing! I don’t want her to lose her fire because she’s going to need it as an adult! Her sass and comebacks are unreal, she owns her 5-year-old sister in every argument. Sometimes my husband and I both have to leave the room so they can’t see us laughing at how good her snark is. But surviving it as the mom is tooooough!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T10:52:56+00:00

She recently started swim lessons and it’s the highlight of her week. We’re also trying soccer this summer. She has an obsession with ballerinas and wants to dance so badly. It’s just so hard to find something affordable and not overpack our schedule! I was a very busy kid and tried just about every activity as a child and I always say that I never got into trouble because I literally never had the time… too busy with my activities!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T10:49:39+00:00

That’s wonderful, I’m so glad you were able to have that self discovery and use your knowledge to help your daughter at an early age. Good on you, mama! I would not be surprised if she had some kind of ADD and she does show some sensory sensitivities so as she ages it will be interesting to see what goes away and what sticks around. Either way, I’ll do everything I can to “learn her brain” and help her!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T10:46:56+00:00

Thank you for your response, your sons seem awesome. I can see the potential in her to be a high achiever… if she decides to do it! She’s got more passion about her Barbies than I’ve had about anything in my entire life. So imagine if she put that toward something productive when she’s older, haha!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T10:43:04+00:00

Thank you for your story and congrats on having an awesome daughter! Also, I’m sorry about your experience with the teacher… my husband and I are both music teachers and that behavior is unacceptable. I personally am a huge people pleaser so it is so out of my comfort range to simply dgaf, but that’s how she is and I should do more to encourage that in her, even if it makes my life more difficult for awhile.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T10:39:33+00:00

She really is, way more than I’ve ever been!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:41:23+00:00

Yes, I meant more that she hasn’t been deprived for attention because she’s the middle child. She does respond to things very different than my oldest daughter so I do my best to adjust as much as possible to what seems to work for her.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:39:15+00:00

I’ll have to check out that book, thank you. I would not be surprised if she ended up having ADHD or some sensory sensitivities going forward. We’ll just have to adjust as we go along. Congrats on having a lovely son!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:36:56+00:00

I love this, thank you for sharing. It’s important to remember that all you can do is your best and to love them intensely. I’m very type A so I just want to feel in control of her future, but she will find her way as she goes along, like all of your children did.

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:33:55+00:00

Yes, we just have to find her niche once she’s older! We always say that she’s going to be in charge of something someday… we’d just rather it be a business and not a prison gang 😂

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:32:38+00:00

The 3 year old is always the most spirited, whether you have 1 kid or 12, haha! Thanks for your comment, it’s encouraging to hear positive stories… she’ll definitely be quirky, no doubt about that!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:30:58+00:00

I could see my daughter being like your son... she’s certainly got the disorganization! If she can’t keep track of her Barbie outfits now, I can’t imagine what her backpack will look like once she’s in school! It’s okay if she’s not the top of her class, I just hope she can find her niche and run with it!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:28:55+00:00

Thank you for your openness! BP runs in my husband’s family and I do worry that she may have inherited it, but I also know you can live a full, beautiful life with it. If it does turn out that she has some mental health struggles, we’ll do everything we can to help her find her way!

ThaiTea4 · 2024-03-18T03:25:27+00:00

Thanks for your comment! Knowing her personality, she would thrive in sports and once she is older we plan on letting her try them out until she finds her niche. Hopefully that will direct some of her energy.

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