Cydney’s First Spanking

I know everyone may not agree with this way of discipline…but I do. Cydney and I have been working on potty training now since August of 2012. Yes, a whole eighteen months. Cydney knows when to go but opts to do whatever else she wants to do instead until it’s too late. Tuesday afternoon I […]

MommyNoire: NO, I DON’T THINK STRANGERS NEED TO GET OVER MY KID’S PUBLIC TANTRUMS

MommyNoire: NO, I DON’T THINK STRANGERS NEED TO GET OVER MY KID’S PUBLIC TANTRUMS Here’s the link to another post that I wrote for MommyNoire, giving my response to an article written by Caitln Cokely Butler about how she handles her toddler’s public temper tantrums. Read. Enjoy. Comment. Share.

Why Cydney is on the Naughty List

My mother and I were on a website the other night were you can purchase letters from Santa Clause to be sent to your children from the North Pole. We were browsing through the letters trying to pick which ones we would customize for Cydney and my nephew. As we sat there going over the […]

Evolution of the Terrible Twos

Let me just say I don’t think that the twos are so terrible. Throughout the year, Cydney has displayed plenty of the characteristics that are common with this phase. Then, they went away for a little bit. However, some of them have come back with a vengeance and a couple of new ones as well. […]

The Discipline Controversy

Hitting vs Not Hitting is always a touchy subject. Some believe in it and some don’t for various reasons. Some don’t want to hurt their children’s feelings and others want to teach that there are consequences for unacceptable behavior. I do believe in it within moderation. When I grew up I only caught it when […]

Discipline and Reprimanding (Redone)

Ok first of all, I would like to apologize. It was’t until Friday night that I realized this post did not go through for some reason. While I don’t remember everything I wrote, I will try my best to do so from memory as much as possible. My six year old nephew is a smart […]