Bossy little girls

       This is my daughter Anna to a T.  Now when I became a new mom at 19 my first daughter Mallory was the perfect baby.  Sleeping through the night at 2 months, listened very well, ate every thing in front of her, was amazing in the store, and never had horrible fits. So when I had Anna and she started growing up and realizing she is very very strong willed and nothing like her sister, I had trouble raising my daughter.

       Before the age of 1 Anna was slamming her head into the floor, walls, chairs, fridges any thing she could hit when she was having one of her fits.  She didn't sleep through the night until she was 1 year and a half, she would scream and kick when ever we went some where to this day I am surprised cops didn't show up at my door asking if she was even my daughter!  She brought us to the ER many times from being super curious, I woke up at 4 am to find her eating blocks of cheese, powder chocolate milk, spilling apple juice in my bed at 2 am because she wanted a drink.  Then she started talking well mostly screaming, stomping, slamming doors, my very first " I DON"T LIKE YOU" as a mom, talking back, word vomit of the mouth and hitting.

       She had and still has a temper.  Have I learned to deal with it?  Not completely but we are getting there.  She has to have her space when she is mad, I have to be stern but cannot yell or it will make the situation worse.  I have to bend down and speak to her in a certain tone and we have lots and lots of talks and taking away things when she hits her sisters.  She is very very bossy but very organized and that is what will make her great one day. 

       I could say hey I don't wanna deal with this or I am sick of this but I couldn't see my life with out it.  She has taught me so much in the last 5 years.  I am shy and a hide my feelings type of girl but if you don't even ask Anna she is gonna tell you what she thinks and what is on her mind and I love her for that and that is something I wish I had.  All these skills of a strong willed child that we dread but in the end they are changing us for the better in parenting skills and in ourselves and we have to remember that these skills are going to making them amazing adults.

       These will all make funny stories one day and I cannot wait to watch her grow into something amazing later in life but for now we will take things as they come and hope for the best.

I love you Anna

Love Mom