Drama queen

That last post was a little melodramatic, huh? I regretted hitting the "save" button after I did it, but I had to run out the door and didn't have time to revise. I've decided that I'm not going to change it anyway because it's true to how I felt at the time. And, while "war" is a poor choice of word for the experience I hope to have over the years, raising my daughter, this particular issue is most definitely a battle.

Anyhoo, I'm feeling better now. Probably has something to do with the fact that no scratching has occured since I wrote about it. Talk to me after the next scratch happens. In about, oh, five minutes.

Delaney's been distracted for a bit from the scratching because Big Sis arrived. After we picked her up at the airport a few hours ago, Delaney reached out for Big Sis immediately and instinctively as if they'd never been apart. So cute! When I put Delaney down for her nap, she objected by simultaneously sobbing and screaming, "Sish-shter! Sish-shter!" as if she'd never see her again.

As you can imagine, "Sish-shter" is the one person not getting scratched.

Comments

[MamaChristy]

I know we feel "warrish" sometimes. I think it comes as part of the parenting job! Feel free to be the queen if you want to. :)

[Lisa P]

Just catching up on all things Delaney . . . Hang in there, Colleen!! I admit I was lucky. Neither of my kids were biters or scratchers or pinchers so I really can't offer any advice. I can't say that they didn't do it because of something I did or didn't do either. Don't take it personally, just be consistent. She'll get it, eventually.

Meanwhile, kudos to you from me simply for dealing with it!! My SIL was over the other evening with her almost 17 month old daughter. This is a sweet baby by all means but in the few weeks since we've seen her, she's developed a nasty (wait, make that NASTY!) biting and pinching habit. My kids love her and vice versa. They all played happily for hours except for the countless times that she walked up to one of them for absolutely no reason and bit or pinched one of them. SIL's response? "I don't know why she does that. I wish she would stop but I don't know what to do about it." This while she sat on my sofa and didn't so much as SAY anything to the child. I think her issues will be around much longer than Delaney's!

Keep us posted!!