I went on sort of a jokey rant last weekend in front of LO....he watched intently but then got the hiccups!!! I think it made him nervous : (. Definitely will not be arguing or raising my voice in front of him again!!
Have you ever argued in front of your LO? How did he/she react?
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
lol frog=front!
yeah I've yelled at DH a few times in front of LO and he never seems to notice... maybe I'm just a loud person in general hahaha.
but I am making a point not to do that anymore. or call DH names, even in jest.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
not yet! we don't argue/fight really.. so hoping to keep it that way! and when/if we do, we don't want to do it in front of the kids.
squash / 13764 posts
This is one of the "rules" that we've made for ourselves...not to argue in front of LO or bad mouth each other in front of LO, even jokingly. I hope we can stick to it!
honeydew / 7917 posts
Once DH was in trouble and I raised the tone of my voice. My LO was so scared and started crying. 
grapefruit / 4056 posts
We haven't argued since he has been born, but we aren't yellers/voice raisers when we argue, so we will probably still do it in front of Sawyer.
My parents argued in front of us as kids, and it was never scary or sad. I think it taught me a lot about how to fight fair, and disagree while still respecting each other as well as giving us a realistic expectation of relationships/marriage.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@MsMini: that's a really good pOint! It's funny because I was half kidding but T took it verrrry seriously.
grapefruit / 4056 posts
@winniebee: That is kind of cute! I think it is good to be cautious when they are really little, but I think the really early exposure is what makes it less scary, if you were all of a sudden to start when they were like 5, I think it would be more jarring.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@MsMini: agreed. I do remember my parents arguing a bit as a kid but it didn't impact me regularly. I do remember one point when I was 13 that they fought more often than usual and I was really upset about it. My dad noticed and I told him I was scared they would get divorced. He took me VERY seriously and promised me he would NEVER leave my mom. It meant a lot to me.
coconut / 8305 posts
DH & I have been together 3 years & had one argument in front of DS who is 8. I kinda got loose with my emotional control when I got pregnant so when DH did something that hurt my feelings (legitimately so) I yelled quite a bit in the car. DS was VERY upset about it & asked that I not do that again.
We generally don't even really discuss things we don't agree on infront of the kiddos bc we've agreed to always have a united front..... Definitely have had those cutting the air moments though. Lol
pomelo / 5178 posts
@MsMini: I totally agree. We have disagreements and discussion s in front of the kids all the time; I think its good for them to see mommy and daddy using the same resolution techniques we are teaching them. And I hope it will give them a healthier view of conflict than I had growing up.
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