First, Amelia did not sleep well…AT ALL. We have finally moved on to Stage 2 of swaddle weaning (no blanket at all). She was not a fan of this change. She woke up a million times. Finally, I just kept her in bed with me. I love snuggling with her and having her close, but I know it’s a “horrible” habit to break, so we try really hard not to do it often.
Well, it was finally time to get up and head to work. Traffic was a bit better, but still annoying and slow. Work was again, crazy and I still feel like I can’t get my head above water! Ugh, one of these days I’ll catch up. I started off by weighing in for the week. While disheartening, I’m excited to see how successful I can be. I’m still 8lbs up from what I weight when I got pregnant with Amelia, which is my first goal, so hopefully I’ll make that goal quickly and start feeling accomplished!
After work, I did my exercising, fed the animals, took Chuy outside and started dinner…my new “after work routine”. We all ate some dinner, watched some TV and just hung out for the evening. Then, more chaos ensued.
While Christian was filling the tubs, I had the girls on our bed, getting them ready for their baths. Olivia was jumping around, making noises and being goofy. Amelia was laughing and thoroughly enjoying the entertaining. Then, it was like a switch went off in Olivia and she turned evil. She lightly kicked Amelia; then rolled on top of her. Then, she grabbed my body pillow, and tried to suffocate Amelia. Finally, she slapped Amelia….LITERALLY slapped her. I was livid. I finally just removed her from the room, to which she threw a fit about. I’m so frustrated with this, and we just don’t know what to do. We’ve been very consistent about time-outs for hitting and throwing, but so far it’s not making a difference. She’s getting more violent every day. When she gets upset now, she starts punching the walls and the floor out of anger on top of everything else! We’re just at a loss.
While playing with her house, I did get a picture of Olivia appearing to be sweet and innocent!
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