Daughter turns into Polly Parrot!

June 23, 2009  

The daughter is mimicking me and it’s really getting on my nerves!

She is really going through a stubborn stage. One minute she wants complete independence - “Don’t come with me to the toilet Mummy.”

The next minute she’s telling me to sit next to her on the sofa or throwing her arms up towards me “I need you Mummy, I want you”.

It is also taking us absolutely ages to get anything done. I ask her to do something and she just ignores me! Very frustrating.

Is this what having a teenager is like? Probably not, I’m sure that’s a million times worse!

You are constantly tested as a parent aren’t you and the boundaries get moved around all of the time. Did anyone ever suggest that parenting was easy?

They always seem to misbehave when you are at your most tired too! Do you think they see a gap in your armour and go for it!

A mother’s work is never done.

To top it off I am also on the daughter’s playschool committee - I can see why some Mums don’t want to get involved. Sometimes I feel like I am in the United Nations.

One person thinks we should do this, another thinks we should do that, a decision is finally made and then when we all go home, texts go round from the Chair saying that she’s changed her mind!! AAAHHH. Hardly democratic.

I used to complain that Mums should make more of an effort to get involved - I can see now why they may have second thoughts. Still worth it though!

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