Parent Life. These is Hard Times Yo.

Not going to lie. Sometimes being a parent is hard. Like really hard. Like pull-your-eye-lashes-out-go-hide-in-a-dark-hole-and-cry kind of hard. People say its going to be difficult sometimes but you never imagine how mentally challenging it is. Or how sometimes you don't have an answer or a solution, and you don't know what to do, there is nothing you can do. How people will look and glare and silently critic because your child is cranky, whiney or having a bad day.

Its not a nice feeling. But hey, what can you do. Parent life.

Today was the last day of our Tales For Tots group at the library. It started off pretty good. She was sitting on her cushion patiently and sang all the songs. I guess at some point she just had enough and got bored because she started to whine. Then whimper. Then yell at me "Home! Home!". So you know, that was nice. The teacher is reading or giving the kids instructions and my kid is being loud and whiney. All i can do is try explaining things to her. When that doesn't work, we leave. I guess there isn't much else i can do.

We didn't even get to do her craft. We ended up leaving the room and she still wanted to go home, so that's what we did. And of course, if that wasn't enough, she insisted on walking rather than being in the stroller. I told her she can walk but she has to hold my hand. She didn't want that either. So i picked her up and plopped her in the stroller. Que screaming fit. She jumps out and dramatically flops herself onto the sidewalk. Right there and then i sat her on the step for a time out.
After a minute i asked if she would hold my hand. She said yes and we finally started for home. After a few minutes she wanted "up". I told her i couldn't carry her right now and she got upset. I put her in the stroller and she whined, screamed and cried the ENTIRE way home.

Weather anyone else sees it or not, my daughter is incredibly polite and sweet. She may be the biggest whiner you've ever seen but she will not be rude. (Well, thats a lie i suppose. Shes in the "mine!" stage and draws her eye brows down while saying so, but other than that she says and uses all of her manners) I know the majority of girls are usually more whiney than boys but it seems like my kid sticks out like a sore thumb. Because it always seems to be her. The catastrophic whiner.

Sometimes i pray that i am doing the right things. I just don't know what else Im suppose to do. I don't encourage whining gin any way or form and if she's whining while talking to me i tell her that she needs to stop because i can't understand her.

If you have any experience with this or advice PLEASE help a sista OUT!

Also, i don't think I've ever used the word 'whine' so much in my entire life.