Dethroned

Poor Breanna. I think she's already starting to feel dethroned from the only child status. I can't be there for her as often as I was prepregnancy and she's getting tired of getting on my bad side frequently for being too rough on my body - especially near my sensitive belly. She's a very active girl...almost so active that she behaves like a typical boy.


Today she passionately called her daddy "stupid" to his face. Daddy couldn't believe his ears and asked her again what she said. She said it differently the next time..."Daddy, you're a bad word." David did not take that well and I wouldn't either if it were spoken of to me. What has happened to my cute little girl who used to be so full of happy life? She's become a high-strung, angry ball of energy.

What are we to do besides time out? It makes us sad that she's like this. Now that we're having another little one, we're definitely not going to have all the time in the world to only Breanna. I hope she doesn't hate us so much that she'll run away like I did from my parents during the preteen stage. I think I could sense her bitterness growing already. I think I could see the angry little me in her also.

Help!