The Good Old Tantrum

Before I became a parent, I had all the answers to being the perfect parent! Now that I am a Mama to two little ones I find myself sometimes having no answers and feeling completely lost! I remember seeing women in the grocery stores with their screaming kids putting up a fuss over a candy in the check- out aisle and thinking to myself  "That lady has such horrible kids! She should discipline them & leave!" and only a few short years later I found myself at the local Wal-Mart with a huge pregnant belly and a screaming toddler kicking, biting and pulling my hair because he didn't want to sit in the shopping cart. I can recall people around me giving me dirty looks and probably thinking the exact same thing I thought years before... But I couldn't just leave because my two year old didn't want to sit in the cart - I had groceries to buy & prescriptions to fill and I honestly didn't care who watched or who talked about me! I just continued on my way as he kicked & screamed the entire time... and it totally sucked!! By the time I got home I was totally exhausted and frustrated beyond belief!

I now know what it's like to go weeks, months and even years without a good night's sleep and what it's like to never get to eat your meal all at once or at a decent temperature! I warm my morning coffee up in the microwave at least 4 times before I am able to finish it & I can't remember the last time that I was able to put my feet up & just relax... rest ?? what's that ? lol

I've just learned to live with temper tantrums & accepted that sometimes people will judge me and probably give me dirty looks or wish my kids and I weren't there! I try my best as a mother and sometimes I just have to shut out the world around me and continue on my way.... even if they kick & scream.. and bite & cry!