Originaly posted: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Do better
I have a temper.
It gets especially red hot if one of my kids is emotionally hurt.
Like if Zoe kicks Teagan and Teagan gets that really sad scrunched up baby-crying face.
Or when Zoe pushes Teagan down to keep her away from her favorite toy and my husband comes and takes the toy, but doesn't comfort Teagan.
I also get angry when I have had to tell my husband the same thing 643 times. Every Thursday is Pizza Night and every Thursday he asks what temperature to set the oven to. I realize this is not a big deal-- I don't know why it makes me so annoyed.
I want to do better. I have read that to implement any new behavior takes 21 times. I seem to get to 2-3 and then backslide. Our brains are wired to respond in the way we've been responding for years. 21 times sounds easy, but it's a lot!
It gets especially red hot if one of my kids is emotionally hurt.
Like if Zoe kicks Teagan and Teagan gets that really sad scrunched up baby-crying face.
Or when Zoe pushes Teagan down to keep her away from her favorite toy and my husband comes and takes the toy, but doesn't comfort Teagan.
I also get angry when I have had to tell my husband the same thing 643 times. Every Thursday is Pizza Night and every Thursday he asks what temperature to set the oven to. I realize this is not a big deal-- I don't know why it makes me so annoyed.
I want to do better. I have read that to implement any new behavior takes 21 times. I seem to get to 2-3 and then backslide. Our brains are wired to respond in the way we've been responding for years. 21 times sounds easy, but it's a lot!
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