Family Night

The big sister has been having some 'issues' with being a big sister and has been acting out for attention -- she doesn't really care that it's negative attention, she just craves any attention at this point. I think it's because the little brother is getting bigger and is needing more attention -- eating baby food, starting to move/roll around, etc.

So, after a rough weekend of time-outs, spanking (yes, spanking -- even though my husband and I don't want to hit our children, we've gotten so angry and frustrated that our hands have hit her butt a few times -- it doesn't seem to do anything at this point) and taking away toys, we decided to put little brother to bed early and try to have some big sister bonding time.

We made pizza -- she LOVED adding the cheese! We also played some board games and just spent time with her one on one. It really seemed to make a difference in the evening. No one told us this parenting gig was so much work!