Summer! Road trip Oklahoma to Montana

Hey Guys!

We took our first family road trip! AB has family in Montana that includes his parents. So we decided that we would make the 24 hour journey up that way to visit. It was also KT's and mines first time going up there.

So lets just jump right in here. We didn't leave until 8pm because AB had to work that day and then when we got home we had to pack up the car. So we pulled out at 8 but I had a few Avon orders to deliver so we didn't actually hit the road until about 9pm.

Now that may not make sense to all of you but it was a good idea in theory. The thought process behind that was that KT would be asleep for the first leg of the trip. Well he was sleep until we stopped in Kansas to gas up and go potty. Then he never went back to sleep. So he got 3 hours of sleep that night. He also refused to poo. That was a rough day but considering he had never been in the car for that long it was good.

On the way up we stopped at two places. First we stopped at Carhenge.

 AB and i had a lot of fun. KT didn't care much about it. He thought the cars were neat but he was more excited to just run.

Then we stopped at Mount Rushmore. AB and KT had never been before. I had been but it had been many, many years. It was fun but again KT just wanted to run and play.

So that was our trip up. It was a long fun experience. We were already really close as a family but we really bonded after 2 days in a car together. I am confident we could make it through any situation.

I'm writing a post about what we did while in Montana and a post about the trip home. Thank you to those who are reading this and are interested. I really appreciate it.

Talk to you soon!
Mykah Bri

Talking Tantrums 2!

Hey Guys!

So we had a good couple of nights with minimal fights from KT. It was wonderful. He finished his chores and got to play the Wii. All this wonderfulness lasted for all of three days. Then came last night. KT was about to start his chores and was beginning to whine that he was thirsty and wanted milk. He hadn't had any yet that day so I was going to make it while he did his chores. Well I got out the milk and nesquik and poured a little milk to have AB try. I always have him try a little because I don't like milk and it always smells gross to me and sometimes I can't smell the difference. Well the milk was bad and I had to break it to KT. It did not go over well. It took over an hour to get him to sleep after that. He was so upset. Had I known that the milk was bad I never would have told him he could have some... Pray for our strength please.

Talking Tantrums!

Man oh man. 

The past few days and nights have been just awful! We have been dealing with a lot. I'm talking kicking screaming on the floor fits about going to bed. I mean really he is four. Could it really be a surprise that we have to go to sleep. Bed time happens at the same time every night. Don't you think that by the age of four he would be used to it by now. He also has started screaming when things don't go his way. I know this is a normal kid thing but his fits seem a bit extreme recently.

During the day KT is wonderful until I tell him something he doesn't want to hear. Then all of the sudden it's like I broke his favorite toy. This reaction can come from almost anything. Telling him he made a bad choice and he can't play the Wii, to telling him to he will have to wait 5 mins while I finish cooking dinner before I will cut up an apple. Most of the time he gets over things quickly but recently I have had to send him to time out. Which I don't like to do. I would rather use time out as a prevention tool. Like when I see him doing something he will get in trouble for I have him sit and think about weather it's a good idea or not. Usually it's not and we can avoid a fit. But the past week this method hasn't seemed to work at all.

KT has also regressed to a one year old at night. He won't calm down without someone (mainly me) laying with him until he falls asleep. We have been trying to reapply the CIO method. I did this with him when he was around a year old and it worked wonderfully. He was always a really good sleeper until about two when his bio-father and I separated. At that point both of our worlds fell apart and we both started staying up way, way to late and not getting up till noon. Yea I know not good habits but we broke them. However the CIO method is not going so well this time. And let's face it by the end of the day I don't have the energy to fight with him any longer. So I cave and cuddle him or give him late night snacks and drinks. I know, I know that is part of the problem. Believe me I know it's just hard to listen to him cry and scream.

This has caused AB and I to start fighting in the evening when we know we are going to have to start the bed time routine. It has become a major stress. We are luckily really good at handling aruments. 

This fit was actually cute. He was upset because we went to enroll him in pre-K and he thought he was going t get to start school that day. The current pre-K class happened to walk by and he wanted to go with them. He said "but the other kids are at school". It was so cute.

Does anyone out there have any positive advice or imput? 

Talk to you guys again soon.

Mykah Bri