I had started taking SS5 to the gym with me so he could spend time in the kids club while I work out, and DH could have a break. He really enjoys it and asks me as soon as I get home “Can we go to the gym?” every day.

On Monday I went to pick him up and the girls told me that he had been hitting! And not only that, but he deliberately threw a basketball into a little girl’s face and then screamed for a long time after they asked him to apologize.

I was furious. This was the first thing I really tried to do just him & me, and I’m pissed that it went this way. I made him apologize to the girls, put him in time out, and then told him we’re not going back for a week. I even put a calendar on the refrigerator so that we can mark off the days.

I’m nervous about taking him back, but he loved it so much. I think when I do take him back I’ll check in every 15 min or so to make sure that he’s still behaving. I just don’t want to be one of those people that the girls see coming and dread, you know?

Gah!