Casting off anger
My darling angelic Brady has hit a streak of whining. He fusses every time he’s told to do something, or every time he’s told, “No.” He has just become quite a complainer.
Let me just say that this is relatively new for him. His twos weren’t so terrible and neither we his threes. It’s just a recent development. We’re not sure what’s up, but we’re trying to crack down.
I treated the kids to Cold Stone ice cream yesterday (Brady had dairy-free sorbet, which he loved!) We celebrated the end of our first week of school We also got to visit our favorite oldest niece at work (Hi Leigha! Love you!)
The kids were very well behaved.
Until Brady ran out of ice cream.
I’ll shorten the story a lot and just say he whined the whole way home about not getting more.
I’ve tried many different tactics to settle him down and get him to listen. So, I again tried the Bible. Maybe the thought that God says it carries more weight? I don’t know. He’s four. There isn’t a lot of reasoning going on.
I read several passages, including Colossians 3:8:
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
“See?” I said. “God tells us to not let anger come out of our mouths.”
He looked at me, confused. I thought maybe we were hitting home finally. Until…
“How do anchors get in your mouth, Mom?”
Ugh! I tried. :D
September 6th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I have wondered exactly the same thing, Brady. When you find out, let me know, ok, bud?
To Aunt Christa,
You are doing so great. Just wait…just when you think they don’t hear you or they are never going to break a habit, they indicate they’ve heard you all along. It’s so true that God will not allow His Word to return void. I’ll be praying for you. And pray for us…we’re dealing with exactly the same thing with one of ours.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
It is said that “it will get better before it gets worse” or is it “get worse before it get better”?
No matter, it sounds like both you Christa and Heather have it altogether and are doing a good job of raising your families. Blessings to you both.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
whatever it is, Avery has it too. We’ve recently started the whining as well and a lot of bargaining attempts when she is told to do something. Tonight we told her it was time for bed. She wanted to watch the Colts game for “one more minute” we told her no, it was time for bed. Her response was: “How about two minutes, then?” Wrong way, babe!! Glad to know we’re not the only ones going through this fun phase
September 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to answer your comment. Yes! I did make your Monster Cookies…and they are awesome!!! While I was making them, my husband showed up unannounced with his co-worker who is unsaved. We’ve been trying to reach him for over a year now. He is also single and a health nut. He raved over the smell of home baked cookies so I gave him several fresh from the oven just to see if he liked them. He could hardly believe how good they were, especially when I told him they were allergen-free! He was so was surprised and grateful when I gave him a bagful to take home.
( He was hesitant until I showed him how much dough I had left. They make a lot more than I thought they would with only 1/2 cup of oil.) He is much more open today than he was even six months ago, and every little effort makes a big difference it seems.
I used coconut oil as a substitute, and they were the perfect combination of crispy and chewy fresh from the oven. When they cooled, they were almost flaky. YUM!! Thanks for sharing.
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