We went across the state (usually a 4 hour drive) to visit Liz and Corey. Laura did really well driving, but she didn’t get much sleep on Friday. As a result, she got real whiny. She also didn’t have a nap on Thursday, so that certainly didn’t help her mood Friday night. Well, we get there and Liz is still at work, it’s just Corey at home. No big deal. Laura is tired from the drive and everything. She was whiny and Corey kept yelling at her to stop whining. Once I explained why she was whiny he backed off a bit.
Fast forward to Saturday morning. All 4 of us were sleeping in one room (it was crowded). I have learned that if Laura wakes up at all early and sees someone in the room with her she is totally awake for the day then. At 6:30am she woke up and saw us still sleeping. It didn’t matter. She was up for the day. As you all know, 2 year olds don’t understand the concept of being quiet. We were able to let Corey sleep until around 7:30 or so. He gets up and then keeps telling Laura to be quiet. The kicker is he was just as loud as her. At 9am Liz finally wakes up. Up to then, he kept telling her to be quiet. I’m sorry, but 9 is half way through Laura’s morning. She can’t be expected to be quiet until then. That is just unreasonable. He apologized to Liz that Laura was so loud. Liz didn’t care at all. She understood.
Whenever we are somewhere new, Laura takes a full day to adjust. So all day she was clingy to Robert and I. She would whine or cry if we walked away from her. Yes, it got old very quickly. But Corey would keep yelling at Laura to stop crying and whining. He also likes to play a bit rough. She doesn’t. She prefers reading books and playing with dolls. She doesn’t like to be held up high and the rougher play. Guess what he was doing. *rolls eyes*
What really got me is Liz’s sister-in-law and brother have 4 kids. The youngest is 2. They see them frequently. Anyways, they were there visiting the weekend before we were there. Apparently the 2 year old wasn’t listening and behaving. So Corey for some reason thought it was his right to spank the 2 year old. He thought is was funny that the 2 year old was so shocked and then cried to his mom. His mom didn’t seem to care (from the story I heard from Corey), but I would have been LIVID!!! I personally don’t agree with spanking. I know it wouldn’t work with Laura anyways since she is so timid as it is. But anyways, even if we would spank our kids, that does NOT give Corey the right to touch them. As a result of hearing this story, I don’t know if I could trust him to be alone with my kids. He made several comments over the weekend about how he wants to raise his kids that I don’t agree with. I know it is his choice, but I am afraid that he would do some of that stuff with Laura and Warren.
So long story short, I got so sick of Corey trying to get Laura to stop crying/whining. I was doing the best I could as was Robert. Just back off and leave my kid alone! If it wouldn’t have been such a long drive back home, I would have probably left Saturday night I was so fed up.
The drive home yesterday was not so good either. We made one stop for lunch, then 4 more stops after that because Warren was not riding well at all. We ended up stopping and hour or less after each stop. The drive that normally takes about 4 hours ended up taking 7. Laura seems to be doing well today. We made pancakes for breakfast and now she is watching Dora.
This morning my mission is to get Bon Jovi tickets. They go on sale at 10 am. I have the alarm on my phone set so I don’t forget. :) I’m really excited, even if we get the really cheap and not so good seats.