I went yesterday and bought a toy box and a book shelf for Caleb's room. I was so excited about putting them both together and getting his room all organized last night. What I didn't anticipate (which I should have) was Caleb wanting to be involved in every step of the putting together process. He wanted to sit on the toy box while I was putting it together. He wanted to eat the hinge that keeps the lid from falling on him. He just simply wanted to be a part of everything I was doing.
At one point, as I was working, he grabbed a handful of my hair and took off running and fell. The handful of hair that he was holding ripped out of my head. It hurt so much that I yelled kind of loud.
I immediately felt horrible about yelling (though I don't know if I could have stopped it) because Caleb went crazy crying. It took me a few minutes to get him calmed down, and then even for a few minutes later when he looked at me, his bottom lip kept sticking out like he was about to cry again. It was so sad.
So I apologized for yelling but then explained that he cannot keep pulling Mommy's hair (he is pretty bad about this). For the rest of the night, there were times that he would grab my hair but then he would sit there and think about it and let it go.
Hopefully he learned his lesson. My hair would appreciate it. I just wish I didn't have to yell to get him to learn it.
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I know how you feel. There are times I have had to yell b/c nothing else was getting her attention - once I did she just let loose crying. It tore my heart out. Kids and parents are both learning all the time.
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