Isabel has been on a crying spell recently. Very minor things will make her cry. Like when she couldn’t wear her shoes by herself, or when she couldn’t wear a dress to bed, or when she couldn’t wear her tiara to shower, or when she had to wait to eat food/drink milk or when she couldn’t wear a dress to school. It has been so bad I suspect her phlegm build up this time is caused by her constant crying. 

As much as I am frustrated, I couldn’t do nothing and ask her to get over it. I had to stoop down to her level and speak to her and reason with her. It IS torturous. Especially on the mental capacity. I realized my mental capacity have to expand!!! I also realized Izzie is beginning to understand my reasoning. Just the other day, she was throwing a tantrum during dinner that she didn’t want to eat the dinner cooked by grandma. She wanted biscuits instead. So I said, “Okay, no dinner for you and you will have no milk too”. She will usually drink milk before bedtime. She cried and said she wanted to eat dinner there and then! She was so cooperative during dinner too although we could see she was struggling so much not to cry. 

This is the age of awakening. I need to be even more conscious with what I say and do because Izzie will learn by observation. May I be used to point her to God every single day. 

  
Note: up to now, we have not used the cane on Izzie.