R. was the last to join the group, so I tried to explain to her that this time she'd have to sit next to one of her brothers instead.
She went batshit.
I've explained her anger management issues in the past. As she is getting older, her episodes have decreased in frequency, but from time to time she will resort back to
After I picked her flailing body up, as she was trying to beat the crap out of her brothers, I placed her in timeout.
She proceeded to yell at me, with all of the attitude of a teenager, that she was NOT staying in timeout. I saw my future flash before my eyes. I am truly screwed in about ten years.
After a while, she finally calmed down and apologized. She then asked T., in her sweetest voice, if she could sit next to me. He, being the epitome of a middle child people pleaser, said yes.
All was quiet again and we went back to watching the tube. I flipped through a few channels and came across Nanny 911. There on the screen was a beautiful cherub of a girl, completely freaking out in pure R. fashion.
I looked at my daughter. She was wide-eyed with a total look of shock on her face. "Mamma, why is that girl doing that to her mommy?"
"What's the matter, don't you think she should?" I asked, as I tried not to chuckle.
"NO! That's bad!"
"Well, that's how you looked about ten minutes ago."
She sat and thought for a second. "But she is kicking and hitting!" She said, as though her own actions were a figment of my imagination.
"Yes, she is. And isn't that what you were doing?"
Again, she silently pondered my question. She then cuddled in tighter against me and watched as the girl responded to the Nanny's discipline.
When the show was over, R. proclaimed, "Now she's a good girl!" She was completely overjoyed that this story had a happy ending.
I then told my three kids to go upstairs and get ready for bed. Normally, in my house, when I say this, the Schmitty Kids hear, "Go upstairs and run amok and get as wild as you possibly can!"
But tonight, one by one, they brushed their teeth for more than two seconds, they peed in the toilet (my boys have extremely poor aim), and got right under the covers. There was no pushing and shoving. No charging through the rooms. No bouncing off the walls. No mom screaming at the top of her lungs to knock it off.
There was peace.
I dropped to my knees, clasped my hands together, and professed my eternal gratitude to the Nanny.
15 comments:
That is sheer brilliance!! I may have to add Nanny 911 to my DVR too!!
lmfao...my kids and I have the same conversations when we watch Nanny 911
One time my daughter even went on for an hour about how much she thinks nanny can help me with MY problems. ;)
sounds like mandatory Nanny watching from this day forward.
Seriously! Been there! Done that! From start to finish.
Sometimes I think I should turn on the camera for 1 day and then let the kids see how they behaved. I'm sure they'd swear I somehow rigged the video and it's not really them. LOL
I've heard of the show, but I've not seen it. Perhaps my demonic youngest and I should start watching, together-like.
OMG, that is great! I have to remember this for when the kids get older.
When I was a teacher I use to tell my first graders that I would see random kids throwing tantrums in the stores and then I would act out what I saw. We would have a big discussion on better ways to get your wants/needs communicated with adults. After seeing me act out what a tantrum looked like they said they weren't going to do it again because I might be in the store and see them, lol! Parents were happy :-)
There's nothing like seeing your own behaviour to make you think twice about how you've been acting.
My kids need a dose of Nanny 911!
Thanks goodness for Nanny 911!! I would get the DVR set too.
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Are you serious?
I must try this. This morning after I told B (for the fifty-eleventh time) to go brush his hair, I heard him mumble, "You need to fix YOUR hair."
What the?!
Heh, if only there was an "adult nanny" to deal with cranky moms and dads, huh?
"Go upstairs and run amok and be as wild as you can".... that happens here too. Maybe I needto watch more Nanny!
I just absolutely adore Nanny 911! I always wish it were my kids on the screen. They (my boys) don't even pay attention when I have it on. Maybe I should hog tie them to the chair and MAKE them watch it...
Does it come out on DVD or maybe You Tube???? Gotta find it! LOL
That is awesome. I love that she saw herself in that show. The next time she starts to throw a fit, you can say, "WWND?!"
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