Terrible Two's..

Terrible Twos... so the other day I was reading my friends blog about her very two year old and it gave me great peace to know I'm not the only mom with a two year old who's not the child I feel I've raised :) ... what I mean is... I'm the perfect mom :) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

Okay- now that I have that out of my system...

I am NOT the perfect mom- I strive to be the best I can be for my children, but I'm a sinner and that comes out in my every day struggles with my children.

But- I do feel like when it comes to discipline, I am as consistent. I give one warning and then there is a consequence. The consequence being a timeout for two minutes. It's been working nicely.... well, until summer became fall and the temperature dropped and socks (it's like a swear word in our house) and shoes became a must! I have heard of texture issues and I do believe that has come into play... but seriously, I bought new socks without seams so WHY does the battle go on? 

Because it's NOT about the socks... it's not about the shoes... it's not even about the clothes... it's about my little dependent child becoming independent. So HOW in the world so I make peace in our home again? Certainly yelling and screaming and mommy becoming a big storm cloud is NOT doing the trick!

Today I made a new decision about our issue with dressing in the morning. This is certainly not the only issue we're having with the "terrible two's" but it's the major one that starts my happy morning spiral into a grumpy one. So back to my new decision. I'm going to continue to allow her to pick out "most" of her outfits. Socks included! And then I'm going to give her one chance to let me "help" her get ready. If a tantrum begins, I'm walking away. Shutting the door and allowing her to get it all out of her system. Eventually, she will get dressed or come down all cool and collected and ask for my help, I'm convinced. As I'm spending time in the Word and doing a devotional on Gratitude I hate that after praying to have a grateful heart- it's quickly diminished as I fight to get my child dressed in the morning. I was had a great evening with friends last night and they prayed over me. I feel encouraged even though today was not the easiest - I'm going to continue to work on my heart and my attitude!