Hi, Just need to vent a little. Today was a rough day. I had this great day planned out for DD4, DD2 and baby. We were going to get lunch and go out and do some fun stuff. We never made it to our first destination.
DD4 is very high energy! She was bouncing off the walls so much right from the beginning that I was worried. We stopped by the library to pick up some books. I reminded DD4 several times to calm down and let her know she was getting to wild and to remember to stay with me and listen. In the end both kids, DD4 and DS2 following her, took off while I was checking out. I had to chase them down with baby in the stroller and take them back to the car with DD2 trying to escape and DD4s barrage of excited loud questioning about why we were not getting our books.
When we got back to the car I explained that I could not take them anywhere if they did not listen and stay with me. And that I did not want them to get lost or stolen.(DD4 got lost at the science museum a week ago.) We went home and ate lunch. I told them it was nap time. I gave DD her piles of stuff to do in her room and told her not to come out because it was quiet time and I needed to get DD2 and baby to sleep.
She came out 5 times in 20 min.
The first time I asked her why she was not listening and she said that what she had to show me was so cool that she had to come out right away. She showed me a book on Egypt. I took her back to her room and told her again that she needed to stay there and let me get siblings to sleep. She came out again to ask a question, and again to tell me her finger hurt, and again to tell me about a book she was reading. She just will not stop.
I am getting pretty frustrated. I tried to talk to her about listening but she is just all over the place talking about everything under the sun, unrelated to the situation. I asked her what her deal today was and she said she is just excited about life and gave me a cheesy grin. I sent her down stairs for awhile to get some energy out. Some days I just don't know what to do with her. Any advice, outside observations or similar stories about your children`s behavior or OEs?
