my 8 month old is an asshole.

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Anonymous wrote:boys are awesome if you keep them under wraps but girls can be a handfull and moody. Usually a direct reflection on the mom's moodiness.

I am really not moody at all. I have been in a bad mood exactly one day since she was born, and that was the day I threw the diaper in exasperation. I've been walking around starry-eyed and drunk with baby love for the past 8 months. People always comment that I make motherhood look so easy. Definitely am not used to hearing things like this, but I suppose I can't expect a bunch of strangers to know me from one post.

you title your post referencing your infant as an asshole - what did you expect? praise and nominations for mother of the year?

Exactly. And I'm sorry, I really don't get you people who joke around with each that your child is an "asshole" or a "bitch." NO ONE I know does this. No one. I think it's indicative of a pretty childish and immature mindset. I might describe my child's BEHAVIOR as terrible, but suggesting that is the same as saying, "DS is an asshole" is crazy. Gut checked this with my husband and he thinks it's pretty vulgar and pathetic too. Sorry OP and all of you PP's - this is just gross on your part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your definition of "perfect" seems to be "is pleasant and convenient for me." That's a problem, and it's on you to fix it.

If you find yourself yelling at a baby or slamming objects out of frustration, you need to get some help. Because she's not trying to push your buttons now, but in a pretty short amount of time, she will be deliberately testing boundaries (as she should). You need to find a healthy, appropriate way to set and enforce those boundaries.

Very well said PP.

OP, I get that you're frustrated, but kids aren't "perfect."

Also, for goodness sake take your kid to the doctor to rule out the basics--ear infection, allergy, etc.

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OP, your posts are strange. Your first post talks about how your perfect baby never caused you any trouble and now you're yelling and throwing things because your baby is an asshole, and you get upset because people criticize this, so you respond that you're never moody and you just threw a diaper and you just love your baby to pieces and you make motherhood look so easy...no, people here don't know you, only what you post, and frankly, your posts are inconsistent and defensive. What do you want from people? Reassurance that your the perfect mother and your baby will soon be easy and perfect again?

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You must be the op who posted 4 months ago about teaching your 4 month old to "chill"?

You are getting some really negative responses here due to your choice of language and what that suggests. But assuming you are just being overly dramatic, I will answer that yes - right around 8 months as he was learning to crawl, my baby decided that yelling is really fun! He spent a whole weekend yelling and thought I was going to lose my mind. He got over that pretty quickly and is back to his good natures self with occasional yelling I get the sense that now he can actually crawl and move around much better, he is less frustrated.

[Anonymous]

Hey OP - feeling better about yourself as a parent after seeing all these uptight nutcases attack you?!

Sure hope you are. You (and a handful of the other calm respondents here) are the normal ones, not the sanctimonious folks who think every word ever uttered was spoken in utter seriousness and reflects the tip of a deep, dangerous abusive iceberg.

Hope you're getting some amusement out of all of this and not taking it personally.

[Anonymous]

Calling your baby an asshole is not a problem, slamming something down in anger from an 8 month old is. OP you need a break or to revamp your expectations of parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:boys are awesome if you keep them under wraps but girls can be a handfull and moody. Usually a direct reflection on the mom's moodiness.

seriously? so you're saying op should call her DD a bitch? huh?

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I haven't read all the responses. But is she teething maybe? Or have an ear infection? Most times kids with either one of these things tend to act out MAJORLY.

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OP -- I stopped reading the responses mid-way through page 2, so apologize if this was already said, but have you considered she may be bored? It sounds like you're home with her all day, so I assume you're a stay at home parent and this isn't just an hour or two in the evening. If this is the case, then I think you should consider changing your daily routines with her. We have a 10.5 month old, and right around 8 months is when he started expressing similiar behaviors and I do think he was just bored. It was right around that time that we made a bigger push to getting involved in classes during the day, go on more walks, attend more play dates, etc. His attitude changed pretty immediately, and when I see him at a playdate making every effort to explore and do new things, I think we made the right choice. Best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read all the responses. But is she teething maybe? Or have an ear infection? Most times kids with either one of these things tend to act out MAJORLY.

+1

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This is cracking me up! This morning my 2.5 year took the lid off her cup, looked me right in the eye and poured her entire cup of milk on the floor and smiled. I thought, what a dick move. Kids are manics and coming on here and venting about it is the perfect use of a forum like this.

Sometimes there is a reason they are assholes and its great when people can clue you into something that helps you fix it. Sometimes they are just assholes. Don't let these posters get you down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will pass. Don't start yelling and slamming. She isn't trying to be contrary. She's years away from that. Get some help.

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[Anonymous]

I'm sorry, but my son is 4 and I've never, note even ONCE, even thought he was an "asshole" much less would I verbalize it, even on an anonymous forum. And he can be a very difficult child. I don't think those feelings are normal - they seem a bit past that to me.

I'm going to mix up some 80s movie quotes here, so I apologize in advance.

Lighten up, Francis. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, "Pardon my French, but [you are] so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up [your] ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."

Plus, you should learn what "verbalize" means.

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I'm sorry, but my son is 4 and I've never, note even ONCE, even thought he was an "asshole" much less would I verbalize it, even on an anonymous forum. And he can be a very difficult child. I don't think those feelings are normal - they seem a bit past that to me.

I'm going to mix up some 80s movie quotes here, so I apologize in advance.

Lighten up, Francis. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, "Pardon my French, but [you are] so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up [your] ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."

Plus, you should learn what "verbalize" means.

From Merriam-Webster - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verbalize

verbalize: to express something in words

Surely writing is expressing something in words, no? I was an English major, smartass, so my vocabulary and comprehension of the language is pretty solid.

And fine - you think I have a stick up my ass. Whatever. I think someone who calls their child an asshole in any context is probably not the kind of person I want to know. So we'll just agree to disagree - on this and on issues of English vocabulary, okay?

[Anonymous]

I hope OP has learned her lesson about saying things in jest or seeking support on this forum.