Nervous Break Down

Okay, seriously, Makenna is about to give me a nervous break down! I honestly do not know what to do about that child. This last week, she has decided that she does not want to do anything her mommy wants her to do. "Makenna pick up your toys." "No." "Makenna! Do not tell mommy no! Pick up your toys!" "No!" And then I proceed in having to MAKE her do whatever it is she is refusing to do. This constant battle is really starting to stress me out!

Not only that, Makenna has been whining a lot lately (that fake, annoying whine). Yesterday she was whining so much while I was getting her ready, I told her Annie, Logan, and Cole were coming over. After I finished her hair, she ran to the front door. I came in there, "Silly girl, what are you doing?" "Cole!" "Cole isn't coming yet. He is coming in just a little while." She throws herself on the floor screaming and crying. So then by the time Cole actually does get here, she is so whiney she doesn't even play with him!

Finally, after lunch, it was time to put her down for a nap. She was so tired! But she did not want to take a nap. Too bad! So I put her in bed, gave her her water, and told her to go night night. About 20-30 minutes later, she is still in there throwing a fit. I go into her room, "Makenna! Go night night!" "Water!" And sure enough, her water cup is empty. So I go get her some more water and come to hand her her cup. And her bed is SOAKING WET!!! She had poured her whole water cup on her bed! So I have to strip down the bed and change both her and her sheets. Then I tell her, "Go night night!" 20-30 minutes later, she is still in there throwing a fit. I go back in there. And I see her water cup, the one I had filled up earlier and then put on the bookshelf and forgotten about as I cleaned up the last mess, on the floor-- EMPTY! That's right, she climbed on the bookshelf, got her water cup, and poured water all over the bed AGAIN!!! So I had to repeat the process-- change the sheets, change her, put her back in bed. This time I took the cup with me! 20-30 minutes later, she is still in there throwing a fit. I go in and this time she has stripped her clothes and diaper off and peed on the bed! Seriously, I can't win! I was so, so angry that I seriously was praying non-stop to keep from just beating that kid!

Fast forward to today. My eyes were really bothering me last night so I threw away my contacts. Today they were still bugging me so I was having to wear my glasses. Well I can't see very well in my glasses so they were giving me a massive headache. Max was taking a nap and Makenna and Austin were in the livingroom watching a movie. So I climbed into bed, took my glasses off, and covered up my head (cause the light was bothering me.) Well I went to sleep (excuse me, but what tired mom would not fall asleep when she has her eyes closed?). I wake up to Makenna on our bed beside me saying, "Mom. Mom. Mom!" I open my eyes. I don't have my glasses on, but I can see something in her hand. I yell for Austin to come in there, put on my glasses, and what do I see? Vasoline! Everywhere! I keep a tub of vasoline on my nightstand to put on my lips during the night when they get dry. And Makenna decided to put it EVERYWHERE!!! This is how asleep I was that I didn't even notice or wake up!


Vasoline was all over our bed. Seriously, even when you wash that stuff it DOES NOT come off! Our comforter and our sheets and our pillow cases are completely stained and ruined!

My beautiful wall hanging that I made out of paper and had as a headboard? Totally ruined with vasoline smeared all over it!

This was Makenna's hair! Oh... my... goodness! This stuff does not come out! Austin put her in the shower and scrubbed and washed and scrubbed and washed. Still in there. I put her in the bathtub and washed with DISH SOAP. Still in there. So now her hair looks like it has tons and tons of gel in it and has never been washed in her life. But we can't get it out!

You can see, it's all in her hair, on her clothes, on her body. Her skin feels like we washed her in lotion!

So we were doing all this scrubbing and trying to get her clean and she is in the bathtub. I let her play for a second while I am at the sink brushing my teeth. I glance over and she has grabbed the baby soap, opened it, and poured it in the tub! Soap was everywhere! Seriously, I was RIGHT THERE! How the heck?

Move on to lunch. Austin made her mac and cheese. Then I was holding Max while Austin clipped his fingernails. We look over to see Makenna taking handfuls of mac and cheese and rubbing it all in her hair, on her face, on her tummy, on her back, even on her FEET!

The kid is in bed now. But seriously, I cannot take much more of this! What do you do when your child is OUT OF CONTROL?!? I am super exhausted, both mentally and physically, from this constant war with her! I am about to go crazy! Any ideas? Cause I may possibly have to sell her to gypsies if this keeps up (totally kidding... I think... : ) )