I May Be Just a Little Bit Crazy

"I'm not completely insane....I may be just a little bit crazy...."

This is my favorite line from the song "Crazy" by Alana Davis.  It's how I feel a lot of the time - I know I'm sane, but I have my crazy moments. And lately I've been having more and more of them.

Part of it is the stress of changing career roles and expectations. Part of it is the financial pressure and uncertainty that causes. And, of course, part of it is having a very bright, verbally skilled toddler who's always trying to play me like a fiddle.

But other than that, I'm super.

Take It to the Limit

There should be a special reward for parents with kids from the ages of, oh, say two to four.  Because as I've discussed before, the evolving behavioral challenges of the early years don't end with the so-called "terrible twos."  In fact, I found age 2 to be much easier than age 3 is proving to be thus far.

Anna is smarter now, so she's better able to argue and attempt to cajole her way into whatever she wants. She's also developing her own strong-willed personality (which, I think, is hereditary). While I'm glad that this means she will probably become a confident, assertive woman.....it makes the early limit-testing just a wee bit difficult to handle.

Okay, more than a "wee" bit. Sometimes I feel a little nuts.

Even Supermoms Have Limits

So, out of concern that perhaps you won’t “listen” to me anymore if I keep talking about listening, I will make this my last post in this vein (for now, anyway).  And I’ll work on the bad jokes too.

Writing about listening to our limits yesterday, and realizing how little I listen to mine, made me realize that acknowledging our limits doesn’t always mean saying “no.”

Sometimes, it means saying YES.

From elleelleeye.blogspot.com

"Listening" to Your Limits

I usually don’t know what will strike me enough to write about it until the post starts coming out on paper. Apparently, the listening theme I started this week is still speaking to me – and I’m listening! (ha ha, I know, that was bad) – so I’ve decided to continue with it today.

The idea of “listening” to our limits is not a new one. In fact, this is something that busy parents (and others too) grapple with on a regular basis.

So, what does it mean to listen to our limits?

Anna goes & goes until her limits catch up with her!

Listen Up! A Preview of Coming Attractions.

This week, a listening theme is developing in my posts.  It just happened randomly, but I'm going to go with it!

Yesterday, we discussed the importance of listening to our words and tones so that we can send the right messages to our kids.  Today, we talked about how listening to our kids is so important too. Tomorrow, we'll delve into a different kind of listening.