Mommy Abuse

Evie's pinching and biting is really getting out of control. She pinches everyone! All the time! She'll grin at you and use her teenie tiny razor sharp little nails to rip all your skin off. I'm pretty sure she doesn't know what she's doing, and I don't know how to get through to her without resorting to smacking her myself! (Don't hurt me or I'll hurt you back? That's not exactly the values I want to teach her)

And then there's the biting. This one she saves specially for me. Ok mommy! I'm hungry! It's time to eat. Come on, pull up your shirt I'm waiting! Ooh ooh! There it is! CHOMP! "OOOOUUUUCCCCHHHH!" I yell, and then "No biting" and then I put her down. As soon as I yell her little heart breaks and she starts to sob. When she calms down, I pick her back up and we try again. More times than not, though. CHOMP. She does it again! What the heck am I supposed to do here? She's almost 15 months. I'm seriously considering weaning her even though I was determined to let her self-wean! Argh! I just can't seem to get her to understand!

I've had "talks" with her too. "These are your teeth. When you use them on me, it hurts, and then you can't eat. Don't bite mommy! Your teeth are for eating OTHER foods"

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. (What? I haven't shared my blog link with anyone? Oh. Ok. I won't expect any replies then.)
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I couldn't make any sense of that pattern I was going to use to make a blankie for my little cousin-in-law, so I switched. I needed something quick and simple, so I'm making this one. It's just a simple V-stitch, I only got a couple rows done last night though because Evie didn't want to sleep. I'm not holding a lot of hope in finishing it today, but you never know.
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Looks like we're going to get to see Brian's aunt, uncle and cousins one more time before they go back to Texas and Oaklahoma! I'm so glad! Brodie will be too, but I haven't told him yet just in case somethine comes up.

Today we're going to make a pillow for his girl cousin! I'll take pictures when it's done! Other than that, Brodie's karate is all we've got going on. Maybe I'll get some crocheting done! :)