The other day I yelled at my daughter for the first time. It wasn’t really a yell so much as an extremely harsh and quite shrill NO! But she cried cause I’d scared her. And I felt horrible. But, let me just say this, I’m the one who has a bruise to show for it. The bruise is on my arm where she bit me so hard I almost cried. This was after she bit my leg. That one didn’t hurt so much and I met it with a medium “NO” and pushed her away a little. The one on my arm came fast and furious immediately following and I think had malice behind it. I know she’s only 16 months old but still, it was an unfriendly gesture. In her defense, I do have very tasty arms. Or so I’ve been told.
I’m going to miss her on my trip.
Heather said,
Welcome to the joys of mommyhood. I have a 13 year old and I still feel terrible when I punish him. It’s hard, we want to punish them and at the same time we want to protect them.
| March 26, 2006 @ 12:25 am
Mama Kelly said,
YEOUCH
I don’t blame you for yelling but I too would’ve felt badly when little one started to cry
hope your booboo gets better soon
| March 26, 2006 @ 6:09 pm
sarcastic journalist said,
Oddly enough, when I try to raise my voice to scare my kid, it doesn’t work. When I’m not trying? Works every time.
Ahh the joys of having a biter.
| March 29, 2006 @ 6:20 pm