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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my  mom was a ridiculous yeller which sometimes strayed over the line into verbal abuse.  my brother has never forgiven her for it and they still have a very difficult relationship.  as for me, i vowed even as a child that when i became a mother, i would not act this way, and so far i've been *pretty* good about it.  i have an almost-3 year old and a baby though.  definitely can't yell at a baby :)  there are certainly times when i have wanted to yell at my older child but managed to stop myself (like last night when he peed in his pants 2x in 5 mins, then pooped in his pants right after that, all because[b] i couldn't be with him because i was trying to soothe his hysterical sister to sleep[/b]).  so far, so good.  hope the trend continues when they are older.

as far as how it affected me, let's just say i'm in therapy.  [/quote]

One piece of advice that I got when my second was born was to try, whenever possible, to attend to your older child first.  Our second became a very good sleeper and self-soother because it was often not possible for me to drop everything I was doing with my oldest to help the little one.  I'm no expert but I think peeing and pooping in his pants is his way of saying that he really needs more of your attention, even if for a little while...  good luck![/quote]

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