Felt like an awful mum
So after a particularly hard day (2 year old with a chest infection, 20 weeks pregnant and killer headache) sat here reflecting and feeling like a dead rubbish mum! Usually got quite a fair bit of patience but my 2 year old is going through a stage of hitting and kicking and it's really hard. I'm forever trying the gentle parenting 'explaining why it's wrong, time out, apologies and cuddles etc ' but he's just now laughing in my face and doing the same. It's like he's lost any empathy he's shown previously. I lost my temper today and really shouted at him and he told me he was scared. Obviously apologised and cuddled but sat here having a good old cry and feeling terrible. Not sure what I'm looking for in terms of answers really but wanted to put my guilt on paper haha
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I believe many of us had this moments, is really not easy to have patience all the time but we are trying our best x
Thank you both, dead hard feeling like you can't do right for doing wrong. Think because it felt 'easier' before this stage, this stage feels even harder. As awful as it is to be glad of someone else's struggling, it is nice to know others have the same issues and I'm not on my own
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The fact that you acknowledged his fear, apologized and rectified it makes you an amazing mom. Good job! I remember the hitting phase. It's really freaking hard. Give yourself some grace