Is it a sin to be upset with kids and puppies?

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Well, I am sitting as calmly as possible at the dining room table, (obviously typing) and when Jeff gets home, I'm going to let the Gestapo kick in while I escape to the grocery store.

I am SO upset!!!!! Irrationally, maybe.

it might be one of those

"go to your rooms for your own protection" Moments.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Ferd

good grief, how many times do you have to tell a kid to stop doing something before they actually stop????

Until they figure out you meant it the first time. Usually this involves being consistent with whatever punishment you promise them they will get after giving them the first verbal warning.

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I am POOPED. No pun intended, which the following tale will entail.

Remember the 8 puppies? Today they are poopy puppies. I went in to check on them a little bit ago...and ONE of them (haven't figured out which one) has diarrhea. YES, you read that right, DIARRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

Think about it. 1 puppy has it, all of them step in it, GAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so I've bleached about everything possible, and I can STILL SMELL IT!

I put the puppies outside. *gag*

While washing the rugs, I sprayed their poopy feet down with the hose, not caring at all that it was COLD WATER!!!!

Now to the kids: My mother is gone on vacation. What does that have to do with the price of gold in China, you ask? Well, apparently my children are actually messy, messy, children, and my mother picks up after them all the time, and I just DO NOT NOTICE!!!

Because. MY HOUSE IS MESS!!! There are PILLOWS all OVER THE living room FLOOR. Here I thought we had a Grandma in the house, and apparently she is actually a live-in NANNY!!!

The middle bedroom, there are books everywhere, blankets everywhere, toys EVERY-WHERE!!!!!

My children, when asked to clean up the mess, are wandering around picking up one little thing here and there, looking confused, and asking me where to put it. OBVIOUSLY, I am going to have to clean this myself, but Equally Obviously, THEY need to learn how to put a few things away? How did I miss this glaring deficit in their upbringing?

My mother is going to have to STOP cleaning up. Period. When she gets back, there is going to be a talk about how grandchildren need to put away their own clothes and make their own beds. I am starting to suspect that maybe she was EVEN DOING THEIR CHORES!!!!

And I, I am exhausted, and feeling VERY cranky. I am a FAILURE as a mother and Foster Puppy Mom.

And it's making me feel better to temporarily blame my mother, so LEAVE ME ALONE!


Okay. Do you have any THOUGHTS? Maybe I need a or two.

Last night my son got into my wallet and threw everything around and started to chew on the credit cards......aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggg!!!!!!!!

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Miss Bratt,

Where are you normally that you wouldn't notice what all you mom has been doing for the kids?

DON'T INTERROGATE ME!!!!!!!!

I don't know where I usually am. I know my mother does the laundry most of the time, but that's no problem--I have it all caught up.

Apparently she does a lot more than I actually notice. Shame on me, too.

We have a routine, I do the living room, dining room, kitchen and my bedroom, she usually does the laundry and middle bathroom, and the kids are supposed to be keeping up with their own chores. I see them working on things...sometimes...

MAYBE, they are just taking advantage of me, BUT, I'm trying to push that thought away until their father gets home.

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by Ferd

its a good thing he didnt. I promised the belt! I have never used the belt on him, nor have i threatened the belt!


good grief, how many times do you have to tell a kid to stop doing something before they actually stop????

I've been wondering the same thing!

[Rico]

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

Last night my son got into my wallet and threw everything around and started to chew on the credit cards......aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggg!!!!!!!!

That'll teach you not to leave important stuff laying around where little babies can get to them.



Ain't being a parent the most fun you've ever had in your life?

[Ferd]

"im sorry daddy!"

have become the 3 words that make me mad.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Have you given them their Parvo shots? Cause if you didn't, that's bad. They will die.

*GASP*









They've all been wormed. That's all the VET told me to do, until their 6 week appointment!!!!

[Rico]

My advice to all of you frustrated parents of young children would be to call your own parents and complain. That way they can give you the obligatory, "This is what you get for causing me so many problems when you were young" speech. I am sure it will make their day!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Oh lordy, Miss Bratt has out of control kids and puppies that are going to die.

I thought we were suppose to help encourage her - lol!

I heard you could give a dog Pedalyte and they won't die.