the plan for today.....

.....quiet discipline
sometimes i really struggle with discipline. not because i don't want to teach my kids right from wrong, but because some days it's just so hard to sit and watch them cry. but with a 3 year old and almost 2 year old in the house who are both playing their roles very well (the terrible 2s and trying 3s), discipline has started to come almost too easy. i have seen my pendulum swing successfully from one extreme to the other -- super sensitive and understanding to yelling and spanking with no apologies. and i know there is a middle ground somewhere that i am supposed to find.
so today i'm going to try to be the mom i always intended to be when i first became a parent: the fits will be fits. if you feel the need to throw a fit, that's fine, but i'm not going to do anything to stop it and i'm not going to sit by your side and wait for it to stop. when you are finished with your fit, you can come fine me and we will talk about it.
and i'm not going to raise my voice or my hand today. no yelling -- no spanking. there will be 3 calm warnings before you are walked quietly to time out.
i hope i have the patience to pull this off today. because i know this is what my house needs. especially during this trying season of 2 and 3 year olds!!