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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't worry, OP. Pretty soon she'll go back to being content to have no interaction or help from mommy again. Then you can neglect her again without all this [i]drama[/i], and just prop her up on some pillows with a bowl of mashed peas and go back to your wine drinking as before.[/quote]

I have spent nearly every minute of her 8 month life feeding, playing, snuggling, babywearing, diapering, bathing her, etc. There is absolutely no neglect here, but I used to be able to sit next to her and fold laundry, or scarf a bowl of cereal here and there while she played. Those things have been infinitely more difficult recently.[/quote]

Having done some of the same slamming things down and screaming or near screaming you have, I can tell you that no, it is not neglect. However, it is abuse. I am have had to struggle with how to deal with a very demanding child and sometimes I just don't have the patience for it. So, I am not saying you are a bad person but 1) you need to temper your expectations of what a generally well-behaved child behaves like and 2) find a way to control yourself.  If you throw things now or scream now out of frustration, it will only get worse. I am not judging you but I am just saying please try to get it together for the child's sake.  While the child may not remember the particular incident years down the line, they will remember the feeling of being mistreated. Please don't do that to this child. [/quote]

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