Not a good mommy night

[Laura_A]

OK, I know I'm probably being WAY too sensitive here but my girls (only 6 and 4) kept hurting my feelings tonight. sniff sniff

It all started when my baby, my firecracker, my mama's girl got angry with me for slapping her hand after doing something I had JUST told her not to do. She started to march upstairs but 1st turned to me and said, "I wish I had a different mom". :broken_he I couldn't believe she said that! She's the one who always wants to snuggle and hug me and kiss me and tells me how much she loves me. I was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Then, while I was cooking dinner Riley, the 6-year-old asked me if I had a baby in my tummy? :embaresse I said no, then she said, "Then why is your belly so big?" JEEZE... it's not THAT big. LOL

THEN, if those two things weren't enough, we were all on the couch watching American Idol and somehow the topic of what Regan said came up. Jaime asked her if she really did want a different mommy. He said, "Would you like it if you had a new mommy"... Regan said, "No, but she's old"! GOOD GRIEF! Kick me while I'm down. LOL

I know they love me... but man! HAHA

[Angela]

Wow...fun night, eh? {{HUGS!!!}}

[Charla]

I'm sorry, Laura. Man, that's tough :cry_smile

Hope they've forgotten about it in the morning :51:

[JennStar]

Oh Laura. Reminds me of what Jesus said "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." Was he speaking to Mother's?
I'm so sorry you had a rough night. Make sure they get up on the other side of the bed in the morning! (((hugs)))

[ChristineS]

:( Ya, where do they get that stuff from!!???? After church on Sunday, my 5 yo gives me a card she made in Sunday school -- it's a little coupon book with "I will make my bed"..."I will help mom in the kitchen" ... stuff like that. And I say, "Thanks Lauren, that's great! I love it when you help out." and SHE says, "Well, you don't actually think I gonna DO that stuff do you!!??"

Mothering can require a really really THICK skin. Here's a {hug} from another battered Mom :)

[tamra]

Sorry to hear you had such a stinkin' night! At least you got American Idol. That kind of makes everything better for me! Ya, my daughter Eliana (4) asked me a few weeks ago if I had a baby in my tummy too. "well it's big!" she said. :whatchuta Seriously, mine isn't that big either! And sadly I have heard the "I wish I had a different mom" too... on more than one occasion. It does hurt :17: but they do that!

[tamra]

That's funny Christine because I was think that she was going to respond with "Well, they MADE me do it!" That's what mine would have said! Oh the joys of motherhood :):confused_

[nbeaudreau]

So sorry, Laura. I haven't got there with my kids yet. But I know it's going to break my heart too when I hear it. It'll get better - hang in there, sweetie!! {{{{{hugs}}}}}

[sinead]

Oh dear--I was hoping that I'd have a little longer before I got to those kind of things, but I guess not since Maggie's already almost 3. oh well. ((hugs)) to you. If it makes you feel any better, when we were making flowers at the library for Mother's Day, Maggie was adamant that her flowers were for her daddy. So DH got Mother's Day flowers from Maggie. Nice, huH?

[RachelS]

i totally feel for you laura. my 3 year old sometimes tells me he wants to go live with his biological father. i have no idea where he got that idea, but it hurts so bad to hear him say it.

[d2vasquez]

Oh my Laura - that is really tough and I agree with some that we as moms are supposed to be thick skinned but some of their remarks just hit at you - Amy (my oldest) was doing her sentences for homework and I was correcting them before I went to work when I saw she wrote "My mommy's tummy was really fat when she was going to have my sister." I left for work and cried all the way there - it was a tough moment. But that same kid for mother's day in kindergarten wrote on the reasons why I love my mommy paper - "because she is 68 and can still see." I was only 34! go figure! :) Hugs to you.....I know they love you. :)

[hawaiianbrat96]

You know, it always bites us back in the rear when we teach our children to be a little more expressive and speak their minds a bit more...

Then things like this comes up.

Can't win them all, I suppose.

But I know how you feel. Leilani does the same thing every once in awhile, and she is six also.

[Deena]

:( I'm sorry Laura! I think what Jenn said si SOOO true though.

Ive gotten many I hate you's :( It sucks, but once they really learn what they are saying, the quit.

[tamra]

Laura, are we helping in any kind of way? It's sad when it happens to us but kinda funny to hear some of the things that kids say! See, none of our kids like us!!! But we keep on a lovin' them anyway!:angel_smi

[Kathy Moore]

Ouch! But you know, they don't mean what they say...or they don't mean it like we take it, anyway. Mine just seem to be deaf...I am so sick of repeating myself! Grrrr!

[Nonnie917]

LOL! ROFLMAO!!! Sorry you had it rough DD. I always said it would come back to bite you in the butt. :angel_smi Who was it that said that mother's get their revenge???? My granddaughters are so funny. Of course, I wouldn't say that in front of them. It just wouldn't be right. Well I''' close b/c I can't quit laughing.

[Rynonut Mom]

LOL Christine and Sinead!

And Chris! LMAO! just too funny!

Laura - I'm personally kinda glad I have boys - sometimes - for they have different ways to cut me in two! They just simply prefer Daddy! They want to ride with Daddy in his truck, walk with Daddy, play with Daddy, I think you get the picture!
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I'm always on the puter?????

[scrapsandsass]

Laura... sorry to hear that... how rotten.

It doesn't get much easier as they get older. My mom is just like yours and laughs when my daughter is being challenging. My DD is going to be 18 and she totally forgot that Sunday was Mother's Day. When I mentioned that I was surprised she didn't say anything, she got mad at me for "guilt tripping" her. She's usually pretty good about not saying hurtful things, but for some reason, that bugged me.

Moms have to bear the burdens and always be strong. At least sometimes the kids realize how much you have stood by them once they get older.

[noralong]

mother's day in kindergarten wrote on the reasons why I love my mommy paper - "because she is 68 and can still see." I was only 34! go figure! :) :)

Man oh man! I laughed until the tears rolled with that one! Too, too funny! If that doesn't make you laugh (except Darla, your excused this time! and I hope you kept it for blackmail material later!), you don't love kids!

I am sorry you are having a tough time Laura. It won't make you feel better, but it is the age old struggle of daughters and mothers. Sorry. It will feel better when one of them tells someone (and you can hear) "My mom is the most beautiful in the world." or just plain 'ol "I love you Mom."

[Laura_A]

Christine and Darla...HAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm cracking up now! I know they don't REALLY mean what they say, but when my 4-year-old came up with that... MAN! LOL

Riley gets mad at me sometimes and storms off screaming..."You're ruining my LIFE!" Yeah... WHERE do they get this stuff from? hahaha

[FeeJardine]

Oh poor Laura....:( buck up little girlie! I'm sorry that you are having a hard time lately but on the other you did give me a little chuckle when you said about your tummy. My Em quite often pulls up my shirt, pokes me in the tummy, says 'why does this all hang out' and then attempts to blow a raspberry on it. Apparently its funny how it wobbles when you do a raspberry. Makes me think I might have to do a few sit ups...

Fee :)

[InLoveWithDOTS]

Awwwww, Laura! Bein' a Mom is hard some days..... okay *most* days! Hang in there!

[Mirranda]

Oh no! It stings when they say things like that. (((hugs)))

[MarshaZepeda]

I had to post my mommy moment on my blog.... :( Not the same type as yours, Laura but a mommy moment nonetheless....

[tamra]

I had to post my mommy moment on my blog.... :( Not the same type as yours, Laura but a mommy moment nonetheless....

Awww Marsha, that had to have made you feel bad. I hate it when I do that kind of stuff and my kids see it! That's why people say "little eyes are always watching" If we could just remember that when we need to, maybe we wouldn't do/say alot of the things we do.