Ugg. This morning I was running late and feeling stressed out - dashing around to try to get us out the door so I could get the kid (4) to daycare and myself to work on time. She threw some crazy fit about what she was going to wear - "Dresses with ties in the back are too difficult!!! It's not tight enough!!! Wahhhhhhhhh!!!"
I was completely impatient with her and then smacked her on her little butt while she wailed inconsolable all alone in the hallway. In the midst of her tears she told me, "Calm down Mommy! It's not OK to hit!" I apologized to her and confirmed that indeed, it is not OK to hit.
But I feel like shit. I am at work now just feeling guilty and sad and wishing I could be home hanging out with her and taking her to do something fun. Instead I will pick her up after work, probably tired and grouchy again, get her home, feed her dinner, bathe her, and put her to bed. No fun.