World's worst mother take 2

My youngest just finished her PE class and we went through the same thing..LOL..it was tough on her after she sit on her hiney all winter long and then had to run a mile every other day. It builds character...you need to pull out the old story of "when I was your age I had to walk to school in the snow with no shoes and I never complained."

I would feel badly too. I would have her take a tylenold or whatever you folks take for pain before the class. I used to job 7 miles and would get cramps in my legs and the bottom of my feet. The tylenol helped. Water does too. Being dehyderated before a work out and really make you sore and miserable.

good to repeat the next day to loosen up the muscles and ya dont want them to get tight again.

Yes love, it is indeed, very hard. You think it's tough when they are babies and you think it will get easier but that is just not the case. The older they get, the harder it gets. You have to stay on top of any and all issues and at least one step ahead of the children. Even when they are all grown up and gone they still manage to cause issues.You know I'm a standby lifeline whenever you need one.

You are not a bad mom!! I remember when I was in middle school I took up cross country running for something to do. I don't know why.. I hate to run, always have, and was never physically fit. I didn't care about losing weight at that point either.. so I'm completely at a loss to explain why I joined the group.. Anyways, for about the first week my legs hurt so bad I could barely walk. I would come home in tears from the pain (I also walked to and from school at the time). Then my mom would ask me to walk to the store for something. I had a melt down, crying about the pain. She said to me "The best way to make the pain go away is to keep using the muscles.. the more you rest them the worse it will get" I'm guessing what she meant was that by using them I'm training them to become accustomed to that exercise.. where as resting them for a few days and then running again would make it start all over again. In time my muscles did become accustomed to cross country running.. but I only did it the one year.

I am not a mother yet but when i was young my mother made me do things i would never want to. Today when i think about those painful days, i conclude that my mom did right by letting me deal with my pain all by myself. Just because of her right way of bringing me up, i am an independent and confident lady today. I am thankful that my mother prepared me so well for my adulthood. I guess your daughter will understand it too when she grows up! Good Luck!

I am in sympathy, I did too much at the YMCA earlier this week and my body is still hurting. However, I know that I have to get back in shape. I imagine Dearra really threw herself into the workouts and so she is seriously hurting now. You are not a bad mother.

Someday you will look back and say....boy am I ever glad all that's behind me!

You know, when my kids were little, like around 4 and 2 years old, I got so tired sometimes I was almost in tears. I was talking with a neighbor once who had a teenaged son. I told her that I couldn't wait until my kids were older and could do more things for themselves. She responded with, "It gets worse." Oh, man! Was she ever right!!! Those teenage years are the worst! Still, there's one redeeming factor: they do grow up and (almost always) move out. If you can just hang on to your sanity while they're with you, you have it made. Grandchildren are our, uhh, "gift" for making it through our children's growing years. We can spoil them rotten, then hand them back to their parents when we're tired. So, there IS a light at the end of the tunnel, called being a grandparent. By the way, my kids are now 27 and almost 30 and I'm STILL not a grandmother. Still, I have hope that, one day, I'll have the pleasure of getting back at my kids by spoiling their kids. Vindictive, I know but it feels GOOD!

Are you sure the PE teacher knows what he/she is doing? Physical exercise should not be done to the extreme that it causes such pain. Now I've gone and given you something else to worry about. Just wait, it gets better...MUCH BETTER. She'll be dating soon? Then you will SUFFER

You did what you thought was the best for the child. Have no worries because it is really the best. "No pain, No gain" Once she gets used to the Physical Exercise the pains will go away. It is a matter of time. Please motivate her to stick on to the workouts.

Mommy you are doing the right thing, it is not easy after a tough workout to get the muscles in gear. So her pain is valid. Send the note and and tell her it will be alright. With time she will not feel so much pain. It gets easier the more she does it.