Remember to spade or neuter your cat
Tonight at dinner, jj and I were discussing how nice it is that Gentry can talk and ask for the things that he wants, or tell us what is wrong. However, I wish that is all that was coming out of his mouth. The rest of the time I am thinking, “Shut it kid, we just fed you 15 minutes ago and pancake syrup is not a beverage, so stop asking for it.”
Today when we were at the library, where it is generally known that you should be quiet, Gentry would not be quiet. I kept saying, “Shhhhh,” or “be quiet please.” After about the nine hundredth time I had had it with saying it and apperently he had also.
He punched me in the face.
To say the least, I was angry. We left and I forgot to do a timeout. I don’t get the deal with timeouts. Gentry is good and will sit wherever I put him but 10 minutes later he is hitting me again. The only good that they do is that I get to be away from him for a minute and a half, so that I don’t tear his head off.
The other day at church he hit me during the sacrament, so we went out in the hall and had a timeout. On the way back into the chapel, he hit me again, so we went back into the hall and had another. Then when jj came back and sat with us, he hit jj. I am getting a bit frustrated with the kid that does not listen to me, ever. It is so frustrating to know that he understands but refuses to be nice or cooperate.
Any advice? Maybe I should have him neutered. I have heard that makes puppies calm down. Just kidding. But seriously. Arrrrgh.