HouseWifeMama

Everything has been improving. 

My daughter is still waking up in the middle of the night to come cuddle with me in bed, but we’re still working on it. I am not giving up, because I know if I give in, I’m only making myself start over again.

A bunch of posts back, I mentioned how my daughter was having a hard time with friends. Things are so much better now. Now, we have only the one kid who is also 4 years old, come over to play. So it’s been nice not having all the kids here plotting against her.

I just started recently hanging out with a new group of friends. They are mostly the wives of the guys who are in the same clothing business as my husband. Anyways, my daughter has been really getting a long with those group of kids too. I never had one incident with them yet, and nobody is mean to her, so I’m loving it. We often have playdates, so it’s nice that my daughter has kids to play with. 

Now, the thing that we need to work on is my daughter’s listening skills. Gosh, I swear she’s only deaf when I’m trying to talk to her. I’m finally trying to finish “ScreamFree Parenting” on my kindle. It’s actually good information. Hopefully it will actually help me become a ScreamFree parent.

Other shenanigans in my life: kianafromhawaii.wordpress.com

http://kianafromhawaii.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/screamfree-parenting/

I just turned in my last final exam for spring semester! I am registered for summer classes, but I do have a mini break in between, so now it’s time to celebrate! I’m going to take advantage of this break and make every beautiful day count. I’m going to spend so much time with my daughter and I can’t wait for all the fun we’re going to have. 

I have my mama-san coming over tomorrow. She doesn’t like to be bothered when she cleans the house, so I’m going to take her to the park if it’s a nice day, or to Mihama play park if it’s raining. I can’t wait! 

Post on my gig at the Butler O’Club on Plaza Housing

http://kianafromhawaii.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/life-after-criticism/

My daughter was a brat all day long. She never listened to me, and I had to repeatedly say what I needed to say. My day consisted of me saying:

No Kai, Kaiolohia!!!, I said NO!, Stop, I said STOP!!

Then when I sat her down to have a talk with her, she had a smirk on her face!! Oh, that made me even more mad. I don’t even know what has gotten into her lately. Yes, she has her bratty moments, she’s not perfect. But lately, it seems like it’s uncontrollable and has gotten out of hand. Today at lunch she put her feet on top of the table. When I took them off, she put them right back up again. She did it several times. Oh my, I was pissed. I had to talk to her quietly so everybody else in the restaurant couldn’t hear. 

All that misbehaving has made me exhausted. 

Ok, so we took a step back in our “sleeping in her own room” journey. In my previous post, I mentioned that she had slept in her room all night, and didn’t crawl into my bed until after 7am. I didn’t get my hopes up last night, because I knew it was too good to be true for her to do that two nights in a row. I remember when we were potty training. She would be so good for a few days, then pee her pants out of nowhere. I know with any journey there are obstacles. 

Anyway, so she slept in her room until 330am. A big step way back from the last night. Which is fine. I wasn’t upset about it, because I knew it was coming. Hopefully tonight will be another good night. I will be happy if it’s even until 5am. 

We might take a step back after this, but I don’t care, I’m still celebrating! My baby girl finally slept in her own bed for the whole entire night! Usually she sleeps in her room until about 3 or 4am, then comes climbing back into my bed.

I heard my husband wake up for work, and when I opened my eyes I was surprised to not see my daughter next to me. Then when my husband came in the room to kiss me goodbye, I was even more surprised to see that she’s still not in the bed with me. I sure took advantage and took up the whole bed! 

A little after 7am, I heard her come into the room. I was so proud of her!! She might not sleep the whole night today, but at least we’re making progress =)