Discipline

Ok, so apparently, I have another blog out there. and as I do recall I started a blog when my friend Tanya started hers so I could post comments to her blog. So, I blogged a couple of weeks ago and I could not find my post anywhere on this blog, so if you would like to view it, here is that link. And I am sure this is not the last time I will do this. I am still trying to figure out how to get rid of that blog.
http://holmanhouse02.blogspot.com/


Nate has really been changing in the last couple of weeks. He really likes to throw fits now and he has foiled me a time or two into thinking he was truly hurt. One instance was that he tried to go out the doggy door-which he tries just about everyday. Well, he has learned that he can touch the doggy door, look at mommy, get a reaction, touch it again, look at mommy, get another reaction, then try to head outside only to get a swat from mommy. He does not mind the swat so much as being told 'no'. From the beginning, humans have been disobedient-look at Adam and Eve. I am definitely seeing that now in Nate. Is it a bad thing, yes, sometimes. But I see the positive in it. I have been given the role as a mother to a defiant child, to rear him as I see fit. It is the most rewarding and toughest job I have ever had. I always think too much and I do this alot when I am disciplining Nate. I think, "If I do this or that will he turn out to be a felon?" Ok, so sometimes I am irrational, but I do know that the Lord has called us to discipline our children. And we discipline not because we want to punish our kids-although I am sure it has crossed our minds-we discipline because we love our kids and we want the best for them. This reminds me of my childhood and the way my dad was with his disciplinary actions. I always though he was too harsh and he was no fun because he would never let me do anything I thought was fun. Now, I am so grateful he loved me enough to discipline my disobedience. I can not imagine if he did not care in the least bit how I would live my life. So, thanks Dad.

I think it will be no time before Nate is walking. The last couple of days he has been standing on his own for a few seconds. No steps just testing the waters. Well hopefully this will post to the right blog...until next time!