on a mission

It's been a rough day here. This afternoon K has had many (I lost count... or actually chose not to keep count) tantrums and upsets. It got bad enough that I got to the point of crying, which, for those of you who know me, doesn't happen often. You just begin to doubt yourself and question what you're doing wrong when your child behaves in this way. Drew took K out this morning and spent some time with her (and let me sleep in!) that of which I was so greatful for. But, when we tried to go out to lunch as a family, things went down hill.

Both Drew and I were stressed, and didn't know what to do, how to react... I know both of us were praying, that's for sure. That's one thing we do realize. We know we can't do this on our own and we both pray for guidance and consistency when it comes to disciplining our children.

We've racked our brains trying to figure out what is going on in our little one's head that makes her behave this way...is she sick? do her ears hurt? is she tired? I think it's possible that in this instance it was the third option, because as you can see from the picture above, she finally (after about an hour of playing/and then finally crying it out in her crib) fell asleep and has been asleep for the past hour our so. I am sure that some of it too is her figuring out how to express her emotions. That, coupled with us being first time parents I guess means there will be a lot of trial and error. I just pray we don't make too many mistakes.

So it's become my mission, I'm researching, reading, trying to understand what is the best way to deal with this all. Pray for us. I know God will guide us. Well...she's waking now! Time to go!