Some stuff I’ve just got to get out and think about.

1.) We are STILL co-sleeping. Although I do believe in and support co-sleeping, I didnt think I would be doing it when my son was 5 1/2 years old. I need some good advice on this because I have tried everything. This is not good for me, this is not good for them and it’s not good for my marriage.

2.) I feel terribly guilty if I tell the boys that I am busy and can’t play with them right at that moment. I feel even worse when they get upset over me not playing at the exact moment that they asked me too. I know so many of you have expressed feeling this way too but the guilt is still there. Alot of times I feel the need to overprotect my kids and do everything they want to make up for my childhood. This is not healthy.

3.) I have shouted at my kids after being frustrated from a thousand times of telling them “No!” or “Stop doing that!” or whatever else it may be. I know its not effective and its not good and I feel terrible about it but I have done it. I try not to do it at all but sometimes that’s all I can do with 2 strong willed children. I don’t mean that I do this every day but it has happened.