We had a rough night yesterday. Olivia, she is my baby girl, was not having it last night. All day she was grumpy, fussy and crying. She's still teething, but oh my God.
After dinner we were all settling down and ahe just would not go to sleep. She was jumping around and playing, kept trying to play with the blinds when I have told her many times she cant do that. I was exhausted since Bella had a sleepover with her best friend the night before and they were up until 4am. They kept me up all night as I could hear them giggling in her room, I told them many times to go to sleep but they were too excited I guess. So, I'm exhausted at this point, it was maybe 10pm and she would not go down. I decided to take her to my bedroom and lay with her. She was literally screaming on the bed, crying and crying. My husband came in and took her, gave me a look like I wasn't being patient enough and took her to the living room, he played some music and she finally fell asleep in his arms. I stayed in my room, I was beyond frustrated with both of them. Although he helped diffuse the situation, that look was not needed. He brought her back in once she was fast asleep and laid her next to me.
This morning she woke up at around 7am and was pulling my hair, slapping my face and screaming. I tried to ignore her but I finally had to get up. It sucks being woken up like that. I was frustrated again but I didnt want to start off the day like that, so I had to compose myself and have some coffee. The rest of the day she was a good baby, tonight she had her bath and fell asleep soundly. Thank God.
We are going to have nights like this, I have to be patient, she has a big personality for such a little baby, at some point I need to discipline but I dont know how to be honest. She's so little. I tell her no, I talk to her when she is doing something bad, like eating things off the floor. But, she looks at me and laughs.
Side note, not sure if I mentioned this before, but this is my first time as a stay at home parent. My hubby stayed home all through Bellas baby years due to my job, I'm a nurse and made good money. If I didnt need to have a sitter I wasnt going to. Eli did an awesome job, he's so patient and fun. I'm more strict and like schedules. Now that I'm staying home and eli is working it's been really hard for me to adjust to the baby and Bellas schedule. Bella has certain expectations, dad does it this way or that way. It's been a reality check but I'm learning the ropes around here.
Anyway, when is a good time to start disciplining and what are good methods? I don't want her to turn out to be a brat. But then again I dont want to stop her from expressing herself either. Once bella starts school it's just going to be me and her. So I need to figure out some things.
