stellar parenting day# 3270

I actually used my widget calculator and i have been a parent for 3270 days!

You would think i'd learned a thing or two in that time. Not really.

Today eliza, parker and i were driving along and eliza was expressing her new voice of choice - loud, aggressive and angry. I was getting upset with her asking her why she was being so nasty lately. And rude! She was being rude. She just kept yelling "NO!" at me. I was trying to get her to work on her 'K' sound as in "it's c-at, not ch-at." She was hating me and i was hating all these damn years of speech therapy. So, i was mean and rude and yelled at her.

Three minutes later she vomited all over herself, the carseat and the car.

Right. That explains the grumpiness. Poor girl.

Extreme grumpiness, almost always, has a reason behind it. Lesson learned. Car stinky.

Posted by Jess at 09:02 PM Permalink

Comments (13)

Refinnej

Ack. Hope Miss E is feeling better tonight.

Posted by Refinnej | May 23, 2006 10:22 PM

mama_tulip

That happened the last time we all got really sick, right around the time y'all got the Norwalk virus. Julia was being a total animal and Dave was yelling at her, and I was trying to explain to him that I knew it was a matter of seconds before *she* started vomiting too, but I was so sick I couldn't really get the words out. He took her to get me gingerale and she yacked all over the car. Ah, good times. Crack the windows...and I hope she's feeling better. (And that no one else gets it.)

Posted by mama_tulip | May 24, 2006 05:13 AM

blackbird

I hate when that happens...

I'll say to K - Gee, that one's in a STATE.

Then POW - sick as a dog.

Posted by blackbird | May 24, 2006 05:55 AM

lori

Aw, don't you just hate it when that happens? Ya get all grumpy with 'em and they go and show you that they're so sweet and innocent. :) Hope she's feeling better soon!

Posted by lori | May 24, 2006 06:28 AM

marian

That should be the parenting mantra. Extreme grumpiness always has a reason behind it. It's taken me 19 years, but now I think I have it down!

Posted by marian | May 24, 2006 06:46 AM

Redneckmommy

You are not alone with your stellar parenting. The same thing has happened to me. Nothing like ranting like a mad woman only to have a child yak make you feel like you deserve the parent of the year award!

Hope everyone feels better quickly.

Posted by Redneckmommy | May 24, 2006 08:10 AM

Irene

I hear you!

how many times has this happened to me before?!!!

hope your little one feels better soon.

Posted by Irene | May 24, 2006 08:42 AM

supa

I hope she feels better quickly, and that your car airs out soon.

Posted by supa | May 24, 2006 01:39 PM

mackeydoodle

Awww man....that is one of those Mommy moments where you feel like a real schmuck! You are not alone. I have had many myself.

Posted by mackeydoodle | May 24, 2006 03:35 PM

Beverlee

Wouldn't it be great if little kids could just say "I don't feel well" instead of puking? I was following my 13 year old to the toilet the other day when she wasn't feeling well. When she felt it coming, instead of moving faster (we were only 2 feet from the toilet at the time), she stopped and covered the floor ...

Posted by Beverlee | May 24, 2006 05:48 PM

blackbird

oh.
Also?
I'm using my widget calculator so that I can go back to giving my children's ages in months...
Youngest is 144 months old!

Posted by blackbird | May 24, 2006 07:33 PM

wordgirl

Sometimes cranky means that a kid is hungry. Good thing you didn't shove a sandwich in her face and say, "here eat this!"

Posted by wordgirl | May 24, 2006 08:09 PM

FlippyO

Awww, on this day Eliza and I were barf twins.

Posted by FlippyO | May 26, 2006 12:03 AM