tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462989691273269945.post6132479976354720132..comments2023-10-09T11:00:23.795-05:00Comments on Our Blessed Existence: Parenting is just hard.sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696598792179791677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462989691273269945.post-67372423442423484472010-03-18T16:14:46.932-05:002010-03-18T16:14:46.932-05:00Sally, you and I parent in almost the exact same w...Sally, you and I parent in almost the exact same way! So I'm not going to say anything bad. If Brinley wants to play in the pantry and pull all the pots and pans out, whatever. She's not in danger and she is having fun. I don't mind it a bit. Childhood is for making memories and you know what I'd rather make memories with my daughter than worry about how clean my house is!<br /><br />I am also petrified of putting Brinley in her own room for the exact reason you mentioned.(Warning graphic story ahead!):<br /><br /><br /> A few years there was a little down the road, she was about 8 years old. A man knocked on her window told her he was a fireman and her house was on fire and the rest of her family was outside. She climbed out the window to him, took her behind a shed in her neighborhood and raped her. That has stuck in my mind so much it is unreal. It borders on a phobia for me. Brinley has never spent 1 day in her room in our house now, but when we move we are going to make the change. I've been hunting for window alarms(we can't install a complete alarm system) so hopefully I can relax and we also bought a baby monitor that has a camera so I can see and hear her.Rikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150404191107556365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462989691273269945.post-88259033001800198242010-03-18T15:08:11.761-05:002010-03-18T15:08:11.761-05:00I'm having a hard time thinking about Roree be...I'm having a hard time thinking about Roree being in her own room when we move to our new house. I like just having to look over and see for myself that she's ok ... but I also know that Mommy and Daddy need a little more time to be "Husband" and "Wife" instead of always "Mommy" and "Daddy", and I really think Roree will sleep better if she doesn't get woken up when Caleb gets up to go to work in the morning.<br /><br />I also let her do things that won't <b>really</b> hurt her, but will teach her that if she does that she'll get hurt. Like if she tries to go down the stairs like a big kid does (not turning around and crawling backwards down them) I'll stand in front of her and let her do one step like a big girl and when she falls down I'll pick her and and tell her "see, you need to get bigger to go downstairs that way".<br /><br />Potty training I have mixed emotions with as well. I feel like she won't really be potty trained until she can pull down her own pants to get on the potty. Before then <i>I</i> might be trained to run her to the potty when she needs it or asks for it ... but why would I draw out the process forever when I can wait until she's really ready and have it take a couple of weeks? I don't want to spend several months potty training, I want it to be relatively quick and pain-free.<br /><br />I think you're a typical mom who has molded her style to her child's personality. You have nothing to be ashamed of.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050336058974001192noreply@blogger.com