Skip to main content
M has been a little bit...well...a little booger lately. I'm hoping some of it will fade before Thanksgiving, but I have my doubts. I'd rather not have to argue with her the whole time we are with our family. She is continuing changing her mind back and forth and not making one solid decision, but it's gotten worse. And mostly at breakfast/lunch/dinner time. The other morning we were eating cereal and I got her a bowl and spoon, put it in front of her, then grabbed mine. She immediately insisted that she wanted mama's spoon. I said fine and gave it to her, but about 1 minute later she wanted her spoon...too. She wants both now. I say no, momma gave you her spoon and now it's yours. She starts crying and throwing a fit. We've been doing this enough lately so I wasn't about to switch again. I told her she could eat her cereal with the spoon she has, or, if she keeps crying, she can have time out. She yells NOO! and continues crying. She gets time-out.
IN any case, it has been happening every day now and J and I are a little out of patience. Not fun. Every meal she throws a fit because she wants to sit in a different chair, wants different silverwear, doesn't want to eat, then wants to eat, gets out of her chair but isn't done with dinner, wants candy after 2 bites of dinner....the list goes on. I think she's a little hungry for control.

Comments

itgetsbetter said…
It's a good part of their being differentiated from their parents. Don't let it get to you. Wait till she's 12 and goes through it again. That's when it's scarier that they want the control and have to try their own decisions and reject yours. She's still the best button around.
erin said…
Just sell her to the gypsies ... it's a tried and true practice. ;)
erin said…
This comment has been removed by the author.

Popular posts from this blog

Chicken Adventure Begins

Our first step towards the 'homestead' lifestyle: CHICKENS.  J and I have been researching, reading books & articles, and saving a TON of info to our Pinterest board.  I know we are in for some surprises and troubles, but we are doing our best to head them off and avoid other peoples mistakes. (J is still trying to convince me that we need to start pigs this year.  I keep reminding him that is one of the PRIMARY mistakes other homesteaders have made: being too eager and getting in too deep, too fast). So, we start our garden and chickens this year - keeping our fingers crossed that we aren't putting them in poor locations.  The chickens are the first thing branching out into our additional 2 acres.  The coop and kennel are going at the outside, back corner of our fenced in yard.  Our coop is valiantly being made from old cabinets we picked up at the local Habitat for Humanity, Re-Store.  We intend to paint, add roof, prop up on legs, and insert s...

Caught Bare Bottomed.

Yesterday I went to retrieve my kids from playing in the backyard with the neighbors....When I round the corner I behold my 5 year old daughter with her shorts baring her bottom to the 6 year old neighbor boy. Me:  M!  E!  It is time to go home. now! M:  E did it too! (while sheepishly pulling her shorts back up and E snaps his head around to look at me with big eyes and "O" mouth) WHY?

Coming Full Circle - Idaho

Life has run us around a bit, and we have enjoyed the journey.  As Facebook rather took over our lives in regards to blogging, I did not maintain my blog.  I find, however, that I enjoy coming back and reading my blog more than I like perusing old facebook posts.  So I begin again with blogging; for myself more than anything. We have managed, since my last post in 2012, to return home to Idaho.   We spent 5 great years in Colorado!  The kids grew up with the neighbors; McKenzie had horse riding lessons from a young lady named Carrie, in Longmont; she started playing flute in 2nd grade, and in 4th she switched to playing trumpet; Ethan started playing soccer, and Minecraft (video gamer in the making).  We got McKenzie a cat named Diamonds. We got a puppy who we named Ryder.  We got new appliances in the kitchen that I love (double oven, fridge with freezer drawer, etc)!  I mention them, because I am sad to have left them in Colorado.  W...