One Tough Day

Today was just rough. I got charts for each of the kids, and was attempting to start Gaby's formal potty training this morning. I guess it wasn't a good day to start that, and she's not quite ready for such a formal rewards "program". She was fine to sit on the toilet the first time and was excited to get a sticker for doing so. Unfortunately, the sticker is reusable and cannot stick on where she wanted it...her hand. Putting it on the chart made it worse. Then I decided, since she wasn't ready, that I should just remove the chart (out of sight, out of mind). Sad to say, it wasn't out of mind yet, and she came back to the bathroom and screamed even more when she saw that it was gone. It was downhill from there. Couldn't get her dressed. She kept trying to tear her dress off. Finally got her into something she did like, only to end up hitting Robert with a very heavy compact mirror that I've had back when we were just dating. The crying was on and off for 3 hours. We completely missed church, and she ended up falling asleep in the middle of her crying. Robert was worn out too, so there they were both asleep just past out bedroom door. We also missed breakfast, so by the time she woke up, and in a much better mood, I was super cranky and hungry. We ended up eating lunch at Soup Plantation, and even got her to sneak in a one hour nap while at the grocery store. Then another tantrum started once we got home because she wasn't quite ready to wake up, and wanted only Daddy to undo her carseat buckles. Crying was on and off again for an hour. Thankfully, things calmed down more and we were able to enjoy a good number of hours without any more breakdowns. Yes...today would be one of those days you just want to crawl back into bed and start over again.