Pushing

I had the following conversation with Gillian today:

Me: How was your day?

Gillian: I push Julia. 

Me: Pushing is not nice. Why did you push your friend?

Gillian: She had a baby. I want it. 

Me: That's not nice. You need to share the toys. 

Gillian: I push Julia off the seesaw. 

Me: What?

Gillian: I push Julia off the seesaw. I go timeout. 

Me: Why did you push Julia?

Gillian: Cause I couldn't see Nicholas. 

Me: Gillian!?!? You pushed Julia twice?

Gillian: I go to timeout. I say sorry. 

I know. Kids push. But I am more upset with the fact that she is so nonchalant about it.  

Bedtime secrets - take two

My post on Monday night was about Gillian and how she admitted that she was a little bully. She told me that she his Dorlisa with her lunch bag and she pushed Gavin. On Tuesday, she told me that she pushed Gavin again. I was a little concerned that she was having a problem with Gavin. I asked her teacher on Wednesday morning how Gillian was behaving in class. She told me that Gillian was doing great. I asked her about Gillian and Gavin. She laughed and said "Gavin is on vacation. He hasn't been in all week!" I laughed and said did she hit Dorlisa on Monday with her lunch bag? And her teacher said, "Yes. On Monday!" Not sure why Gillian would tell me she pushed her friend when he wasn't in school. Daddy thinks she just makes stuff up.

Today, Daddy picked up the kids. In the car, Gillian told Daddy "I go to timeout today!" Daddy asked her "What did you go to timeout for?" Gillian replied "Two minutes!" She told me later that "I hurt Dorlisa. Because Christian a monster!" I'm guessing that Christian was pretending to be a monster and Gillian got scared and Dorlisa was in the way. Poor Dorlisa!

Bedtime secrets

I climbed into Gillian's bed tonight to snuggle with her. She told me "I've got two friends. Daddy read two books and I got two friends." She was referring to her two stuffed animals that were under her covers. I moved them over and we snuggled. I asked her about her day. She said "I hit Dorlisa with my lunch bag. And I push Gavin with my hands." She giggled as she told me about pushing Gavin. I told her that wasn't nice. She tried to justify it "It was only with my hands." Again I told her that it was not nice to hurt our friends. She got really sad and said "I promise not to do it again." She gave me a hug and said "Thank you Mommy. You best ever!" I hope that she behaves tomorrow. But we will see.