Disciplining Your Kid...

SUCKS.  It's no wonder that there are so many entitled brats in this world.  Disciplining your kid is definitely not the easy road.  It sucks to be the bad guy.  But when I have asked you not to do something and you look directly into my face and do what I have asked you not to - aww hell nah, Mama don't play that.  You are going to get your butt popped.  There are some things in this world that are not acceptable.  Running out into the street.  Non-negotiable.  Putting your feet on the table that we are eating off of.  Unacceptable.  So if you do these things (among plenty of others), you are going to get popped. Yes, it breaks my heart to see you cry.  Every single one of those crocodile tears weighs on my heart when they fall.  But I love you more than life itself and I am not going to let you act like that.  So after you have stopped doing whatever it is that I asked you not to (and your butt got popped for) and I give you a hug after we talk it out, that hug is my way of showing you that I still love you even when you frustrate the mess out of me.  So what that I let bath time be a little longer and you get to watch an extra Bubble Guppies before bed after an especially rough day.  I may not have liked you very much at points during the day, but my love for you knows no bounds.  You are my sweet girl and cuddling up with you is exactly what we both needed at the end of the day.