...and by joy, I actually mean the exact opposite of that. JP is a really good kid. Seriously. I'm not just saying that cause I made him from scratch. He's pretty rad. We have our days, tho. And one of those days just so happened to be yesterday. He was refusing to listen to me. Every time I asked him anything or corrected his ridiculously bad behavior, he would either shout "NO!!!" or scream and run into his room. Extraordinarily frustrating... After several time outs and lots of yelling from both my son and me, he turns to me after getting out of time out and says, "Stop saying NO to me, mom! You're being really mean!" I could feel the anger boiling up into my face. Where is the well behaved little boy that all his grandparents love? Where is my fun-loving son who doesn't talk back? What have I done wrong?!?!?!?!? Then a teeny voice inside me told me to be calm and ask him to elaborate. (yes, my 4 year old knows what elaborate mea...
The tale of my great adventure as I transition from full time worker mommy to stay at home mommy