Struggling To Find Ourselves

Yep, looks like I’m getting ALL KINDS of number 1 votes this morning!!!  I’ve had my nieces over here for several days, because they were giving Mom ALOT of grief at home.  Getting into stuff they KNEW they weren’t supposed too and that they were told NOT to get into…not doing what they were told too….not doing what they SHOULD…having to be nagged about EVERYTHING.  Their Mom has been fighting this for months, now, in addition to “accidents” that AREN’T accidents from BOTH of them for NO reason.  So, I told her if she wanted me too, I could work on getting some habits established, like brushing their hair EVERY morning, and getting dressed WHEN they get up as opposed to when they are TOLD too, not doing their schoolwork just because they don’t want too.  It got the the point that she was finally fed up enough that she brought them over.

The reason for the number one votes this morning?  They have both been screwing around for the last 4 nights when they are put to bed.  They are awake normally WELL past when their Mom goes to work, and she doesn’t go to work until 10P.M.  That’s a TAD ridiculous when they are put to bed at or before 7P.M.!!!  Well, they screwed around last night.  I tried something I had used on another child when he was smaller and it worked GREAT with him.  But it just didn’t have the same effect on my nieces.  They thought it was a game, which just kinda p*ssed me off.  I told my Sister when she left last night that I WOULD make them regret not going to sleep when they are supposed too, and they WOULD regret playing games (or trying too).  Yesterday, they didn’t get breakfast because they hadn’t gone to sleep the night before….not much effect apparently because they screwed around again last night.  This morning?  No breakfast….And the other child that’s here today is eating lunch.  I go to get out a plate for him, and the oldest niece asks “What about us?”  My answer?  “What makes you think you SHOULD get lunch?”…She starts bawling.  Not too long after that, they other one starts too.  I simply told them that they have only themselves to thank.  Around here, children DON’T play games like what they have been doing, and I WILL get the message across to them…SOME how….SOME way….Am I too hard?  Maybe, but everything else we have tried and ARE trying doesn’t seem to make an impression.  And don’t worry, folks, I’m THINKING about giving them lunch pretty soon…..bread and water.  Maybe they will get the idea that they need to quit acting like they are the bosses and can play games with people’s heads and realize that they are children and NEED to do WHAT they are told, WHEN they are told?….*hopeful look*

*hugs* to my friends and family