Wits End

So today I am at my wits end. I might be crazy at the end of this week, who knows. We got Kam a new bed (anything to get this child to sleep) and thought that she would love to sleep in her new bed! NOPE. Not Kamdyn.

Monday we put her bed together, got her room all set up and cute, hyped up sleeping in the new bed all day. So 9pm rolls around, I put everyone in bed, kiss everyone good night and go back to the living room. Here come Kamdyn, "Mom, I need to ask you a fuestion" I ignore her. Super Nanny says to just calmly walk them back to bed, don't make eye contact, just put them to bed. So that is what I did. 2 minutes later, here come Kamdyn. MOM I NEED TO ASK YOU A FUESTION! I put her back to bed. MOM I JUST NEED TO ASK YOU A FUESTION!!! so I give in and say what? She goes into some long drawn out conversation about Rex. So I lose it. I spanked her and put her back to bed. She is up again in 5 minutes but this time she is behind the couch hiding. I look behind the couch and tell her that if she does not get in her bed right now she is going to get another spanking. Needless to say, she got beat and finally was asleep by 11pm.

Tuesday night, I start at 8:30 and this time I go lay with her. We lay there for about 30 minutes and she tells me, I don't want you in my bed. Go to your own bed. I get up and tell her that is fine, she can lay here and talk to herself, play I don't care. She just has to stay in her bed. She doesn't. I am trying really hard not to spank her or have another night where it ends in a fight. So I get Taylor and she gets in the bed with Kam. About 9:30 I am tired, been a long day and I was up late the night before so I go to bed. 15 minutes after I get in the bed, I feel the bed shaking and here a loud thump from under my bed. I turn on the light and yell at Kamdyn to get out from under my bed and go to sleep. She leaves crying and goes back to the back of the house. After about 15 minutes I get up to check on her and look in her bed, no one there but Taylor, then look in Colton's room. There she is sound asleep. Why does this child not want to sleep in her own bed? Who knows but at least she was in bed 1hr earlier. Tonight will be bad because she will go to church with mom and not get home until 8:30. Lord grant me the patience to deal with this willful child, otherwise something has to give.