My 3 year old shouted at me today.. so I shouted back, and I mean really shouted. She cried for about 4/5 mins before I went and hugged her. And now I feel horrendous!!! She has been so whingy recently and everything is a no, or pushing boundaries. I just snapped. Not really looking for comments.. just needed a safe space to vent!!!
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Honestly you can see it was a mistake, you feel bad. You are a good mum who's just had a moment of being so overstimulated you've shouted. Its not nice, but its understandable. Apologise to her and explain what happened. Have a hug and tell her you love her and move on x

Well done on making it this long without yelling!

If you ever meet a mother that hasn’t yelled at some point in her mothering journey I’d applaud you and her!
We are only human and being overstimulated is hard especially when we are at our limits. As long as you apologise, explain and hug it out and like the previous comment, move on don’t linger on guilt! You’re doing a great job!

I feel bad when I lose my cool too. But showing her that we can get mad at each other and then apologise and make amends is actually teaching her so much about secure loving relationships!