You're never really a parent until you have more than 1....

I never believed this until today.   My little 7 year old a complete meltdown after school today and jjust threw on heckuva temper tantrum, which in turn, woke up our new addition oh and did I mention that Ron was sleeping because he has to work tonight.

Then it hit me, I can't lose control. I handled it well

I sent Bailey to her room, calmed Caleb down and fed him.  Once I was done with his needs, I layed him down and then visited Bailey in her room.  We sat and talked for a little while as to what in the world started this episode.  Bailey does have her hyper days, but never a mean tantrum.  I let her talk, explained to her that I loved her so much and that if she needs anything, I'm there.  She proceeded to tell me that she missed a couple words on her spelling test and that everyone else got 100%.  She was upset and embarrased and now her homework was to write the words missed 10 times. 

As her punishment, I took away her 'DS' and she missed her TV time for the remainder of the week.  Bailey agreed with this punishment, did her homework and went to bed.

So I know it's not THAT big of a deal, but when I'm only used to dealing with one set of tears at a time, I'm doing great!  Did I mention that the happy pills work wonders too :-)