MickeyMonstersMom
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- Joined
- Apr 26, 2002
We're leaving one week from today for their first trip to WDW. Between the summer-long record heat and their anticipation, DD (7) and DS (4) started out summer vacation being annoying and have now reached intolerable. I've always been so proud of how well they get along and help each other, but they've spent the entire summer sniping at each other: today I found them wrestling (not in fun) over a chair in the living room! They aren't listening well, either, and in the past week or so have found myself yelling at them full-voice out of sheer frustration. I'm trying to use a reward system of Disney Dollars for good behavior, and it is not going well: they are earning only 50-60% of the amount I'd targeted for each day.
My mother (who is coming with us) visited us last week and told me that she does not want to go if they keep behaving like this. I defended them (heat and anticipation) then, but I'm losing my own joy in this trip. My children are normally very well-behaved, and this behavior upsets me; and if they act like this in public, I will be absolutely humiliated. I have told them that they will be taken back to the room and I'll call KinderCare (etc) if they act like this. But really, I don't want to have to do this.
I'm hoping that this behavior is indeed due to their excitement about this trip, and that these monsters will turn back into the wonderful children I know and love once we get there. Can anyone offer me a ray of hope? Or should I plan to route money from the food budget (i.e., character meals) to a babysitting fund? I am so discouraged - any straw at which I could clutch would be greatly appreciated.
Lori
My mother (who is coming with us) visited us last week and told me that she does not want to go if they keep behaving like this. I defended them (heat and anticipation) then, but I'm losing my own joy in this trip. My children are normally very well-behaved, and this behavior upsets me; and if they act like this in public, I will be absolutely humiliated. I have told them that they will be taken back to the room and I'll call KinderCare (etc) if they act like this. But really, I don't want to have to do this.
I'm hoping that this behavior is indeed due to their excitement about this trip, and that these monsters will turn back into the wonderful children I know and love once we get there. Can anyone offer me a ray of hope? Or should I plan to route money from the food budget (i.e., character meals) to a babysitting fund? I am so discouraged - any straw at which I could clutch would be greatly appreciated.
Lori