changes

The last couple weeks Makenzie has been regressing. She doesn't want to do school work, has peed her pants twice, pooped her pants once, isn't sleeping well, and has a major attitude. Everyone is telling me it's probably cause of the baby. She handled the transition of having Nick very well and is very excited about this baby. However, I do agree that this issue is probably due to the new baby coming in a few weeks. Today I told the kids that they have one hour to get their attitudes straightened up and clean their rooms and then I'm going in with trash bags. I feel awful going back on my word cause I know that they need to take me seriously. However, their attitudes are much better. I feel bad enforcing them to clean their room while during that hour I didn't even finish a small corner in mine. Our rooms have been neglected for a long time and none of them are simple to clean at this point. I think that instead we are going to go out for dinner at a drive-thru and then have a talk while in the car. Maybe a talk about the new baby and how it will affect them will help.