See this little girl right here? Doesn't she look like she is playing nicely with the baby? She would like you to believe that is what is taking place. WRONG!! In all actuality my daughter is taking this poor little boys toy away from him while yelling at him in her strange 1 year old language I have yet to understand, most of the time.

I just don't know what happend? Within a matter of a month my daughter has went from being a sweet little girl who usually keeps to herself unless provoked, to kicking, hitting, screaming, throwing herself on the ground, toy stealing, little monster! And last night at a Christmas party was the very first time since, having her that I was truly upset and angry at her for her behavior! To make matters worse, she could care less what type of discipline action you take with her, she will return to whatever she was doing before hand, unscathed!
 
Now please know that I do understand she is only 15 months old, and that she is probably getting into that stage of aggression, "mine", and I will do what I wish type of attitude, however if you know Mr. Stanley and I even a little bit you might feel just a little sorry for us knowing what a combination we have made with this little one. Nate and I are both very headstrong, very independent, very stubborn, and will fight with you till the death if we believe we are correct. However lucky for us we don't use these "gifts" on each other, it's a strange loophole we have in our marriage. Anyway, you double those qualities up and put them in a baby who can relay her emotions or explanations and you get one hell of a little pistol to deal with.

Aww the joys of parenthood, most of you are saying...well my problem is how to deal with them? Do you spank? Do you do timeout even though she wont sit in time out unless I physically force her to sit? Do you try talking in a nice voice like you would to an adult? Or do you simple go crazy and scream at her like she should know exactly what you are saying and immediatly stop her behavior?

Unfortunatly I picked the last of the options, and was pretty disappointed with myself for how I acted. We eventually left the party and went home, she was an angel when we were at home, even got up on the couch and watched Wall-E with me, gave me kisses and hugs and went right to bed!
To make matters worse she is so damn cute, other people just let her get by with the naughty things she does, around people, and to be honest I let her get away with a few things at home, but nothing with it comes to aggressive and destructive behavior, as she was portraying last night.

What to do, What to do? I LOVE MY DAUGHTER! How can you not just look at that smile, but you can also tell by that look on her face just about how much she can get away with! DRATS, I knew she was to good to be true:)  She was as perfect as a baby as you can imagine, sleeping through the night at 3 weeks, loved people, goes to bed without a problem, loves to entertain herself, and now I see why she wasy so good, because she knew that this day would come and I would need all the that good stuff to remember while she was in this stage:)