The Mommy Dot.

The past few days have definitely been a challenge. The other night Lauren and I watched 101 Dalmatians. It turned out to be a bad idea, Cruella Deville said the word 'idiot' many times and Lauren has been repeating it ever since she saw the movie. I do not want my daughter calling people names such as that, so everytime she says 'idiot' she get's put in time-out for an extra minute. I've explained to her that 'idiot' is a very bad word and that she is never to say it to anyone or she will be in big trouble. I've also been trying out a new thing called 'The Mommy Dot.' It's been working really well. When Lauren gets in trouble, sometimes she lies. So I told her that every little girl has a Mommy Dot. When the little girl lies or does something bad, a red dot appears on her forehead that only Mommies can see. When I told Lauren her eyes went as wide a saucers! When ever she does something bad, she either tells the truth, or puts her hand over top of her forehead! It's so cute, and it's also really working! Even though being a 16 year old Mom isn't always easy, I am loving every second of it. Today Lauren and I are going to our very first 'Mommy and Me' Swimming Lesson. I am so excited, I hope Lauren loves swimming as much as I do. I also hope that the other Mom's accept me, I know I'll get a lot of weird looks being so young and having a two year old, but it's worth it. I love Lauren, she is the best thing that has ever happened to me.